32 Notable alumni of
United States Merchant Marine Academy
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United States Merchant Marine Academy is 1788th in the world, 630th in North America, and 594th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from United States Merchant Marine Academy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Robert Kiyosaki
- Occupations
- bloggerhelicopter pilotinvestormilitary officerentrepreneur
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Robert Toru Kiyosaki is a Japanese-American businessman and author, known for the Rich Dad Poor Dad series of personal finance books. He is the founder of the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos, and Rich Global LLC, which filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
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Carroll O'Connor
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm producerstage actor
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John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. O'Connor found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). O'Connor later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988–1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award.
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Michael P. Murphy
- Occupations
- naval officer
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Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanistan. He was the first member of the United States Navy to receive the award since the Vietnam War. His other posthumous awards include the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart.
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Mark Kelly
- Enrolled in United States Merchant Marine Academy
- In 1986 graduated with Bachelor of Science in marine engineering
- Occupations
- writerpoliticiantest pilotmilitary officerastronaut
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Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in the special election held following the death of Senator John McCain, defeating incumbent Republican Martha McSally.
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Elliot See
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- astronautengineertest pilotmilitary officer
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Elliot McKay See Jr. was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
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Bill Polian
- Occupations
- sports executive
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William Patrick Polian Jr. is an American football executive. He rose to league prominence as the General Manager of the Buffalo Bills, building a team that participated in four straight Super Bowls—the most consecutive appearances by any team—but lost each time. Following his stint in Buffalo, Polian went on to become the general manager of the expansion Carolina Panthers. He then served as general manager and team president of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) from 1998 to 2011, where they reached two Super Bowls, winning XLI. He subsequently served as an NFL analyst for ESPN. Polian was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015. Polian co-founded the now-defunct Alliance of American Football in 2018.
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Andrew Card
- Occupations
- politician
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Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
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Jay Ashcroft
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- politician
- Biography
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John Robert "Jay" Ashcroft is an American attorney, engineer and politician serving as the 40th and current Secretary of State of Missouri since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he is the son of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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Martin Lewis Perl
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- university teacherphysicistengineer
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Martin Lewis Perl was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.
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Henry Way Kendall
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- mountaineeruniversity teacherphysicist
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Henry Way Kendall was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics."
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Skip Prosser
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- teacherbasketball coachbasketball player
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George Edward "Skip" Prosser was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He was the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate schools to the NCAA tournament in his first year coaching the teams. In 21 years as a collegiate coach, he made 18 postseason appearances.
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Lane Kirkland
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- functionarytrade unionistpolitician
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Joseph Lane Kirkland was an American labor union leader who served as President of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995.
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Ed Jucker
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- basketball playerbasketball coachhead coach
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Edwin Louis Jucker was an American basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1945 to 1948, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from 1948 to 1953, the University of Cincinnati from 1960 to 1965, and Rollins College from 1972 to 1977, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 270–122. He led the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program to consecutive national titles, winning the NCAA basketball tournament in 1961 and 1962. Jucker was also the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team from 1954 to 1960 while serving as an assistant coach for the basketball team. He spent two seasons coaching in the professional ranks, leading the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1969. Jucker served as the athletic director at Rollins College from 1981 to 1983.
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Mark H. Buzby
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Mark Howard Buzby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration. He retired from the Navy in 2013 and joined Carnival Cruise Line's Safety & Reliability Review Board. Buzby was nominated to be MARAD Administrator in June 2017 by President Donald Trump, and confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017. He resigned from the post on January 11, 2021, along with Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, to protest the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
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Gray H. Miller
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
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Gray Hampton Miller is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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Jennifer Boykin
- Enrolled in United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Graduated with marine engineering
- Occupations
- chairperson
- Biography
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Jennifer Boykin is an engineer, the first woman president of Newport News Shipbuilding, and the vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, which is located in Newport News, Virginia.
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John Diebold
- Occupations
- businesspersoncomputer scientist
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John Theurer Diebold. An American businessman who was a pioneer in the field of automation, founding The Diebold Group to advise corporations around the world as well as governments in the U.S and abroad in the potential of information technology.
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Joseph D. Stewart
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Joseph D. Stewart, also known as "Joey D," was a United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998. He retired from the U.S. Maritime Service with the rank of vice admiral on September 30, 2008.
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Romulo Espaldon
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- politician
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Romulo Mercader Espaldon was a Filipino politician, military officer, civil servant and diplomat. He was the first naval officer to attain the rank of Rear Admiral in the Philippine Navy. He became overall military commander in Mindanao at the height of the Muslim secessionist movement led by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the mid-1970s, during which he promoted a "Policy of Attraction" which won the respect of many Muslims and led 35,411 rebels to return to the fold of law by late 1978, and over 40,000 rebels by the early 1980s.
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Paul L. Krinsky
- Years
- 1928-2023 (aged 95)
- Occupations
- sailor
- Biography
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Paul L. Krinsky was an American merchant mariner and sailor. He served as the superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1987 to 1993 and attained the rank of rear admiral.
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Al Melvin
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- military officerpolitician
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Albert Anthony Melvin is a Republican politician who served in the Arizona Senate.
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Sean Connaughton
- Occupations
- military officer
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Sean Thomas Connaughton is an American attorney who was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2010 until 2014. He served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, from 2006 until early 2009. Connaughton served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from January 1, 2000 until his appointment as Maritime Administrator. He is also a lawyer, unsuccessful 2005 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, former United States Coast Guard officer, and a retired officer of the United States Naval Reserve. He was confirmed as Maritime Administrator by the Senate on August 3, 2006.
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Carl J. Seiberlich
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
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Rear Admiral Carl Joseph Seiberlich was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who commanded the aircraft carrier USS Hornet that picked up the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts after splashdown in the Pacific. He was the first man qualified to land airships, airplanes and helicopters on an aircraft carrier.
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Robert H. Scarborough
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Robert Henry Scarborough Jr. was a vice admiral in the United States Coast Guard who served as the 13th Vice Commandant from 1978 to 1982.
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Albert J. Herberger
- Enrolled in United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Albert Joseph Herberger was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, and the first United States Merchant Marine Academy graduate to attain the rank.
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James Harvey Tomb
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Captain James Harvey Tomb served as superintendent of the New York State Merchant Marine Academy and was appointed the first superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on April 15, 1942.
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Johnny Wolfe
- Enrolled in United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in marine systems engineering
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Johnny Ray Wolfe Jr. is a United States Navy vice admiral who currently serves as the Director for Strategic Systems Programs. Previously, he was the Program Executive Officer for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense of Missile Defense Agency. Wolfe attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine systems engineering in 1988. He later earned a Master of Science degree in applied physics at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Dianna Wolfson
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Dianna Wolfson is an officer in the United States Navy who is the first woman to lead an American Naval Shipyard, and served from January 2021 to June 2023 as the 110th Commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. From June 2019 to December 2020 she served as the 50th Commander of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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Philip H. Greene, Jr
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Philip H. Greene Jr. is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. He graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1978. After retirement, RADM Greene served as the 11th Superintendent of the Academy from 2010-2011. The Rear Admiral’s advanced degrees include an MS in national security strategy from the Naval War College and an MS in information systems from the Naval Post Graduate School (’85).
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Timothy Kott
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- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in marine transportation
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Timothy Jon Kott is a retired United States Navy rear admiral and surface warfare officer who last served as the commander of Navy Region Hawaii from June 18, 2021 to June 17, 2022. Kott was dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific from June 18, 2021 to June 3, 2022. Before that, he most recently served as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from June 25, 2020 to May 28, 2021, and prior to that, as assistant chief of staff for operations of Allied Joint Force Command Naples, his first flag assignment. In earlier command tours, Kott commanded USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) from March 2013 to March 2015 and USS Hopper (DDG-70) from July 2008 to March 2010.
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Chester E. Norris
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- diplomat
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Chester Edward Norris, Jr. was U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea from 1988 to 1992. His tenure there saw the first contracts negotiated between American energy corporations and the EG government, a process that would make EG a site of vital interest to the US, and transform it into a major African oil producer. The main street in the wealthiest suburb of the capital, Malabo, is named Chester E. Norris Avenue in recognition of his relationship with the regime of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago. A tanker owned by the Malabo-based firm Atlantic Methanol Production Company is also named the Ambassador Norris in his honor.
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Thomas A. King
- Years
- 1921-2012 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Thomas A. King, Rear Admiral (United States), was the first graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York (1942) to become its Superintendent He was the 6th Superintendent of the USMMA, serving in that capacity from 1980-1987.
