100 Notable alumni of
University of Delaware
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The University of Delaware is 522nd in the world, 193rd in North America, and 179th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Delaware sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Delaware won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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Joe Biden
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- 1961-1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in study of history and political science
- Occupations
- juristlawyerwriteruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009 and also served as the 47th vice president under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.
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Jill Biden
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
- In 2007 graduated with Doctor of Education in educational leadership
- Occupations
- authorFirst Ladyteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. She was second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her husband was vice president. From 2009 to 2024 she was a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College. She was the first First Lady to hold a salaried job during the majority of her husband's tenure and the first to carry on with her professional career outside the White House for the majority of her tenure as first lady.
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Chris Christie
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Christopher James Christie is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008 and a Morris County commissioner from 1995 to 1997. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and 2024.
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Johnny Weir
- Occupations
- figure skateractor
- Biography
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John Garvin Weir is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004–2006). He was the youngest U.S. National champion since 1991, in 2006 the first skater to win U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s, and the first American to win Cup of Russia in 2007.
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Elena Delle Donne
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- Studied in 2008-2013
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elena Delle Donne is an American former professional basketball player. Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 to 2013. She was drafted by the Chicago Sky with the second overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft, and led the Sky to the 2014 WNBA Finals, where they were defeated by the Phoenix Mercury. Delle Donne was traded to the Washington Mystics in 2017 and led them to their first WNBA championship in 2019.
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George Thorogood
- Occupations
- recording artistguitaristsingerbaseball player
- Biography
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George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over", "Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer".
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Raven
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- Studied criminal justice
- Occupations
- comics writerpodcastermale stripperprofessional wrestlerfilm actor
- Biography
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Scott Levy is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Raven. He is best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and NWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA).
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Steve Schmidt
- Occupations
- political adviserpolitical campaign staffpolitician
- Biography
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Stephen Edward Schmidt is an American political and corporate strategist. He is best known as a co-founder of the Lincoln Project in 2019, in opposition to Donald Trump and his leadership of the Republican Party. He left it in 2021 and has co-founded the Save America Movement, a PAC organized to oppose the actions of the Republican Party under Trump.
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Page Kennedy
- Occupations
- television actorrapperactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Page Kennedy is an American actor and rapper. In television, he is known for portraying Radon Randell in the Spike sports comedy series Blue Mountain State and "U-Turn" in the Showtime series Weeds. He has also appeared in film, with roles in S.W.A.T. and The Meg. Outside of acting, Kennedy is active on social media, best known for being a popular Viner. On March 10, 2017, he released his first full length rap album titled Torn Pages featuring Royce da 5'9", Crooked I, Trick Trick and more.
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Marta Flich
- Occupations
- economistfilm directortelevision presenteractor
- Biography
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Marta Flich is a Spanish economist, comedian and TV host.
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Lütfi Elvan
- Occupations
- economistengineermining engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Lütfi Elvan is a Turkish politician. Elvan has served as the Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey from November 2020 to December 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication from 2013 to 2015. He has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Karaman from 2007 to June 2015, for Antalya from June to November 2015 and for Mersin since November 2015. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti).
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Tom Carper
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1975 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- economistmilitary officerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Richard Carper is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served from 1983 to 1993 in the United States House of Representatives and from 1993 to 2001 as the 71st governor of Delaware.
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No Kum-sok
- Occupations
- airmanmilitary flight engineeraerospace engineeruniversity teacherengineer
- Biography
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No Kum-sok was a North Korean–born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Under colonial rule, No was required to adopt a Japanese name, Okamura Kiyoshi. Approximately two months after the end of hostilities, he defected to South Korea in a MiG-15 aircraft, and was subsequently granted political asylum in the United States. He then adopted the English name Kenneth H. Rowe.
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David Plouffe
- Occupations
- political adviserpolitician
- Biography
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David Plouffe is an American political and business strategist best known as the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign. He was the senior advisor to Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, he was a partner at the party-aligned campaign consulting firm AKPD Message and Media, which he joined in 2000.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- 2000-2003 graduated with Master of Arts in public policy and urban affairs
- Occupations
- politiciancongressional staff
- Biography
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Lisa LaTrelle Blunt Rochester is an American politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Delaware. From 2017 to 2025, she served as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in both chambers of Congress.
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Valerie Biden Owens
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- campaign managereducator
- Biography
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Mary Valerie Biden Owens is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and former educator. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated her as alternate representative of the United States to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Jeffrey Bossert Clark
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jeffrey Bossert Clark is an American lawyer who is Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget. Clark was Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division from 2018 to 2021. In September 2020, he was also appointed acting head of the Civil Division. In 2020 and 2021, Clark allegedly helped then-president Donald Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Clark's actions in that endeavor were reviewed by the District of Columbia Bar – the entity authorized by law to pursue attorney discipline and disbarment in the District of Columbia – which recommended discipline to the DC Court of Appeals in July 2022, and in August 2024 its Board on Professional Responsibility recommended a two year suspension of his law license. In July 2025, the board recommended to the appeals court that Clark be disbarred. He was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over attempts to overturn the 2020 election. On August 14, 2023, he was indicted along with 18 other people in the prosecution related to the 2020 election in Georgia.
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Mary Pat Christie
- Occupations
- investment banker
- Biography
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Mary Pat Christie is an American investment banker who was the First Lady of New Jersey between 2010 and 2018. She is married to former New Jersey Governor and 2016 and 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie.
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J. Caleb Boogs
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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James Caleb Boggs was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont, Delaware. A Republican, he was commonly known by his middle name, Caleb, frequently shortened to Cale.
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Dallas Green
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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George Dallas Green was an American professional baseball pitcher, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played big league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Mets, from 1960 through 1967. A man of towering stature, at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and 210 pounds (95 kg), Green achieved notoriety for his blunt manner. He possessed a booming voice and achieved many successes over a baseball career that lasted over 60 years.
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Louise Mushikiwabo
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Louise Mushikiwabo is the fourth and current Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also served as Government Spokesperson. She had previously been Minister of Information.
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Adam Osborne
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerentrepreneurwriter
- Biography
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Adam Osborne was a British author, software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer.
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Yeh Kuang-shih
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Yeh Kuang-shih is a Taiwanese politician and management scientist. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 18 February 2013 until 9 January 2015, and one of the three deputy mayors of Kaohsiung within the municipal administration of Han Kuo-yu from 25 December 2018 to 12 June 2020.
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John Carney
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1987 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politiciancoach
- Biography
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John Charles Carney Jr. is an American politician serving as the 58th mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Carney previously served as the 74th Governor of Delaware from 2017 to 2025, the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2017, the 24th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009, and Delaware's secretary of finance from 1996 to 2000.
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Theodore Freeman
- Occupations
- military flight engineerastronautmilitary officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Theodore Cordy Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.
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Bob Filner
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1969 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Earl Filner was an American politician who was the 35th mayor of San Diego from December 2012 through August 2013, when he resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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Joe Moglia
- Occupations
- chairpersonwriter
- Biography
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Joseph Hugh Moglia is an American businessman and former football coach. He was head football coach at Coastal Carolina University from 2012 to 2016 and again in 2018 after spending the 2017 season on medical leave. During his tenure, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers transitioned from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). In six seasons, Coastal Carolina compiled a record of 56–22.
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Brennan Carroll
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Brennan Carroll is an American professional football coach who most recently served as offensive line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He formerly served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the University of Washington. He also coached for USC, Miami (FL), Arizona, and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Delaware and Pittsburgh as a tight end. He is the son of former New York Jets, New England Patriots, USC, Seattle Seahawks, and Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll and is the brother of Raiders assistant quarterbacks coach Nate Carroll.
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Susan Stroman
- Occupations
- music directorfilm directortheatrical directoractorchoreographer
- Biography
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Susan P. Stroman is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer. Her notable theater productions include Oklahoma!, The Music Man, Crazy for You, Contact, The Producers, The Frogs, The Scottsboro Boys, Bullets Over Broadway, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, and New York, New York.
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Richard F. Heck
- Occupations
- researcherchemist
- Biography
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Richard Frederick Heck was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. The analgesic naproxen is an example of a compound that is prepared industrially using the Heck reaction.
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Lodewijk van den Berg
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1972 graduated with Master of Science in applied science
- In 1975 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in applied science
- Occupations
- astronautchemist
- Biography
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Lodewijk van den Berg was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a payload specialist.
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Maureen Johnson
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Maureen Johnson is an American author of young adult fiction. Her published novels include series leading titles such as 13 Little Blue Envelopes, The Name of the Star, Truly Devious, and Suite Scarlett. Among Johnson's works are collaborative efforts such as Let It Snow, a holiday romance novel of interwoven stories co-written with John Green and Lauren Myracle, and a series of novellas found in New York Times bestselling anthologies The Bane Chronicles, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and Ghosts of the Shadow Market.
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Robert W. Gore
- Occupations
- inventorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Robert W. Gore was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, which was founded by his father Bill Gore, in developing applications of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ranging from computer cables to medical equipment to the outer layer of space suits. His most significant breakthrough was likely the invention of Gore-Tex, a waterproof and breathable fabric popularly known for its use in sporting and outdoor gear.
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Evan Washburn
- Occupations
- journalistsports commentator
- Biography
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Evan Washburn is an American reporter for CBS Sports. He joined CBS in 2014, and is a part of the network's coverage of the NFL and NCAA basketball, along with contributing to CBS Sports Network. He is also the sideline reporter for the local TV broadcasts of the Baltimore Ravens pre-season games.
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Larry Probst
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Lawrence Francis Probst III is an American businessman who served as CEO of video game publisher Electronic Arts from 1991 until 2007, and as executive chairman from 2013 to 2015. He continued to serve as chairman of the board of EA until 2021, when he was succeeded by CEO Andrew Wilson. Probst also served as chairman of the United States Olympic Committee until 2019.
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Daniel Nathans
- Occupations
- physiologistbiochemistmicrobiologistmolecular biologist
- Biography
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Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. Along with American researcher Hamilton Smith and Swiss researcher Werner Arber, he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.
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Divya Singh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Divya Singh is former captain of the Indian National Women's Basketball Team. Singh led the Indian women's basketball team at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She is known for her game skills, leadership qualities, academic strength and personality. She has done sports management at the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, (UD) in the year 2008 to 2010 and worked as a Women's basketball assistant coach for UD. She was assistant coach of the Under 16 Indian Men's basketball team which participated in Vietnam 2011. She was the assistant coach of the Indian Men's team when India won the bronze medal in Lusophony Games in Goa. She was also a part of the Indian National Women's Basketball Team as an assistant coach in the 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014.
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Julia Keleher
- Biography
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Julia Beatrice Keleher is an American educator and former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) under the Ricardo Rosselló administration.
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Kim Byong-joon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kim Byong-joon is a former chief of staff (minister), Presidential Office of National Policies, Republic of Korea/ the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Human Resources Development. He is designated Prime Minister of South Korea by President Park Geun-hye, on November 2, 2016, but Park withdrew her designate November 8.
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Rein Taagepera
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Rein Taagepera is an Estonian political scientist and former politician.
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Louis McLane
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Louis McLane was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. representative from Delaware, U.S. senator from Delaware, the tenth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, the twelfth U.S. Secretary of State, ambassador (Minister Plenipotentiary) to Great Britain, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Wang Xing
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Wang Xing is a Chinese businessman, who co-founded Meituan and has been serving as chief executive officer of Meituan since January 2010. He previously served as chief executive officer of Fanfou from 2007 to 2010.
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Chad Kuhl
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Chad Michael Kuhl is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, and Chicago White Sox. He made his MLB debut in 2016.
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Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett or I’Pyooksisstiiko’om is an American actor, singer and writer. Taylor-Corbett is known for his roles in Jersey Boys (2nd National Tour), In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Between Two Knees by The 1491s. He also stars as 'Darrell Walters' in the musical he co-created, Distant Thunder, and is a prolific audiobook narrator with credits including There There by Tommy Orange, The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Dinesh Mohan
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Dinesh Mohan was honorary professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 2017. He was distinguished professor at Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar (India) from 2016 to 2018. From 2010 to 2015 he was Emeritus Volvo Chair Professor for Transportation Planning & Safety at IITD. He was head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1991–1996), Coordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (1998–2010) and head, W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Safety Technology at IIT Delhi (1991–2010). He was also Director, Independent Council for Road Safety International (www.icorsi.org).
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Tommy Conwell
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Thomas Edward Conwell is an American guitarist, songwriter and performer. He is best known as the frontman for the Philadelphia-based band Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. The band had a #1 US mainstream rock hit in 1988 with "I'm Not Your Man", which also peaked at 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original band, consisting of Conwell (guitar, vocals), Paul Slivka (stand-up bass) and Jimmy Hannum (drums), was known for its raw, high-energy live performances which included a number of classic blues and rock standards. such as "Hideaway" by Freddie King, "Rumble" by Link Wray, "Time Has Come Today" by The Chambers Brothers and "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits, together with several original songs, some of which appeared on the debut album, Walkin' on the Water. Other signature tracks such as "Demolition Derby", which some felt exemplified the band's raw three-piece sound, were abandoned following the shift of the band's sound following the addition of two members, keyboard player Rob Miller and Chris Day on guitar.
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Kathy Jennings
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kathleen Jennings is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Attorney General of Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Matthew Shipp
- Occupations
- pianistrecording artistjazz musician
- Biography
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Matthew Shipp is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
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Nuno Crato
- Occupations
- mathematicianeconomistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Nuno Paulo de Sousa Arrobas Crato, GCIH, GCPI is a Portuguese university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, and writer. For many years, Crato was a researcher and professor in the United States. Back in Portugal, he taught mathematics and statistics at the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon, now University of Lisbon, while pursuing his research in stochastic models and time series. He also published many articles and participated in events of science popularization and for the history of science. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education and Science, in the cabinet of the Portuguese Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, serving through the end of Coelho's government in 2015. He was three times awarded a national medal from the President of the Republic, as commander (2008) and with the grand cross (2016) of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator, which is the highest grade given to a national figure. Lastly, as grand cross of Order of Public Instruction (Portugal) (2022), which is the highest grade of this order. He has lived and worked in Lisbon, Azores, the United States and Italy.
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Leonard P. Stark
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Leonard Philip Stark is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and was a United States magistrate judge of the same district.
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Julian C. Smith
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Julian Constable Smith was a United States Marine Corps general who served for 37 years, including service in Nicaragua (Navy Cross) and during World War II's Battle of Tarawa (Distinguished Service Medal).
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Antje Duvekot
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Antje Duvekot is a German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top songwriting awards including the Kerrville New Folk Competition's Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act, and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
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Mike Purzycki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael S. Purzycki is an American businessman and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, from 2017 to 2025. He previously served as the executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation and briefly played in the National Football League for the New York Giants in the 1967–1968 season.
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Steven Leath
- Biography
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Steven Leath is an American academic administrator. He was president of Iowa State University from 2012 to 2017, when he became president of Auburn University. He resigned from his position at Auburn in 2019.
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Jancee Dunn
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jancee Dunn is an American journalist, author and former VJ. She is a columnist with The New York Times.
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Kendel Ehrlich
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich is a former First Lady of Maryland, having served from 2003 to 2007 during the administration of Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. She is the first woman of Polish descent to have been Maryland's First Lady.
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Scott Green
- Occupations
- American football officiallobbyist
- Biography
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Scott H. Green is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from the 1991 NFL season until the 2013 NFL season. He had officiated Super Bowls XXXVI in 2002, XXXVIII in 2004, and was the referee for XLIV in 2010. Green was also the head of the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) and led negotiations during the 2012 NFL referee lockout.
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Kenneth Lacovara
- Occupations
- paleontologist
- Biography
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Kenneth John Lacovara is an American paleontologist and geologist at Rowan University and fellow of the Explorers Club, known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod dinosaur Paralititan, as well as his work applying 3D printing technology to paleontology. Lacovara is founder and executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University and the author of the general-audience book, Why Dinosaurs Matter (2017), for which he received a Nautilus Book Award. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Scientific Advisors for Colossal Biosciences, a CRISPR-based de-extinction company that is endeavoring to bring back the woolly mammoth, and other extinct creatures. He is a recipient of the Explorers Club Medal, the highest honor bestowed by The Explorers Club.
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David P. Buckson
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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David Penrose Buckson was an American lawyer and politician from Camden in Kent County, Delaware. A veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party, he served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1957 to 1960, as the 63rd governor of Delaware from 1960 to 1961, and as the 37th attorney general of Delaware from 1963 to 1971.
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Lawrence M. Principe
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- historianchemisthistorian of scienceuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Lawrence M. Principe is the Drew Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of History of Science and Technology and the Department of Chemistry. He was the Director of the Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, an interdisciplinary center for research at Johns Hopkins from 2011 until 2024. He is the first recipient of the Francis Bacon Medal for significant contributions to the history of science. Principe's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and a 2015-2016 Guggenheim Fellowship. Principe is recognized as one of the foremost experts in the history of alchemy.
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Jamelle Hagins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jamelle William Hagins is an American professional basketball player with a 13-year international career spanning top leagues in France, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Poland, Dubai, and Tunisia. A seasoned power forward and center, Hagins has won championships in Italy’s Serie A and the Turkish Basketball Super League, and has reached the Final Four in both the FIBA Europe Cup and the Basketball Champions League.
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Brian Gorman
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball umpire
- Biography
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Brian Scott Gorman is an American former umpire in Major League Baseball. After working in the National League from 1991 to 1999, he umpired in both leagues from 2000-2021. Gorman was promoted to crew chief in 2010. He is the son of Tom Gorman, who served as an NL umpire from 1951 to 1977. He wore uniform number 9 throughout his career.
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Jacqueline Jones
- Occupations
- historianeconomistwriter
- Biography
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Jacqueline Jones is an American social historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history. She held the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas from 2008 to 2017, is the Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women’s History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin, and is the past president of the American Historical Association. University of Texas at Austin. Her expertise is in American social history in addition to writing on economics (including feminist economics), race, slavery, and class. She is a Macarthur Fellow, Bancroft Prize Winner, and Pulitzer Prize winner in 2024 after twice being a finalist.
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Halil İbrahim Akça
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Halil İbrahim Akça is the Turkish ambassador to Brazil, and was the 11th Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization.
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J. Allen Frear Jr
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- Studied in 1924
- Occupations
- bankerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Allen Frear Jr. was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961. He was defeated for a third term by Republican Governor J. Caleb Boggs in 1960.
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James Smith
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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James Smith, a Founding Father of the United States, was an Irish-American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.
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David McBride
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David B. McBride is an American politician who served in the Delaware General Assembly for forty-two years. After serving one term in the Delaware House of Representatives from the 15th district, he was elected to the Delaware Senate from the 13th district in 1980 and served there for 40 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected majority leader in the senate before becoming president pro tempore during his last four years in office. In 2020, he was defeated by Marie Pinkney in the Democratic primary.
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Thomas Clayton
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.
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Rakesh Agrawal
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Rakesh Agrawal is the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is a chemical engineer known for contributions to separations, cryogenic gas separation and liquefaction, and for contributions to renewable energy including the conversion of biomass to chemicals and fuels, inorganic solar cell fabrication, and the synergistic use of solar energy.
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Kurt Akeley
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineeruniversity teacherinformation scientist
- Biography
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Kurt Akeley is an American computer graphics engineer.
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James W. Wagner
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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James W. Wagner is an American materials engineer. He served as the 19th president of Emory University in Georgia from 2003 to 2016 and as provost of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio from 2000 to 2003.
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David C. Munson, Jr
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- university teacheracademic administratorinformation engineer
- Biography
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David Clair Munson Jr. is an American electrical engineer. In 2025 he retired after having served for 8 years as the 10th president of the Rochester Institute of Technology since 2017. He was the 14th dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering from 2006 to 2016.
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Joe Bleymaier
- Occupations
- coachAmerican football playerAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Joe Bleymaier is an American football coach who is the pass game coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously a quality control coach, pass game analyst, assistant quarterbacks coach, and wide receivers coach for the Chiefs. He was previously a quality control coach at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Mick Purzycki
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Mick Purzycki is an American internet entrepreneur and the CEO of Jerry Media. He is the co-creator and Emmy nominated producer of the 2019 Netflix documentary Fyre, in which he also appears. He is the founder and lead strategist for Meme 2020, an issue based political marketing company that launched the first influencer marketing campaign in presidential political history when collaborating with the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign. Purzycki is also the founder of Jerry News, Civil Jewelry, Meme Media and Biff's Crush.
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Frank DeHaas Robison
- Occupations
- baseball manager
- Biography
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Frank DeHass Robison was an American businessman, best known as a baseball executive. He was the organizer of the Cleveland Spiders franchise, and owned or part-owned the club throughout its existence, from its founding in 1887 as the Cleveland Blues until 1899. Along with his brother, Stanley Robison, he was also co-owner of the St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals baseball team of the National League from 1899 until his death in 1908.
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Siddhartha Roy
- Occupations
- environmental scientist
- Biography
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Siddhartha Roy is an Indian Chemical and Structural biologist, biophysicist, former director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and the former director (officiating) of Bose Institute. Widely known for his studies on Gene Regulation, Peptidomimetics, bacteriophage lambda and protein synthesis, he is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. In 1999, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, for his contributions to Biological sciences.
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David Hayes Agnew
- Occupations
- university teachermilitary physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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David Hayes Agnew was an American surgeon, anatomist, and educator. During the American Civil War he worked as a surgeon at Satterlee General Hospital, Hestonville Military Hospital, and as consulting surgeon to a staff of 47 resident physicians at Mower General Hospital in Philadelphia. He purchased and taught at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and founded the Philadelphia School of Operative Anatomy. He worked as a surgeon at the Philadelphia General Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, Wills Eye Hospital, and Orthopedic Hospital.
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Clarence Dill
- Occupations
- teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Clarence Cleveland Dill was an American politician from the state of Washington. A Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of Congress.
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Bryan Townsend
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bryan Jeffrey Schurgard Townsend is an American politician who represents District 11 in the Delaware Senate. Townsend was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2020. He serves as Chair of the Delaware Senate Labor Committee as well as Vice-Chair of the Senate Executive, Legislative Council, Judiciary, and Health and Social Services committees.
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Patricia Flatley Brennan
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- industrial engineernurse
- Biography
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Patricia Flatley Brennan was the director of the National Library of Medicine from 2016 to 2023. Prior to that, she was the Lillian L. Moehlman Bascom Professor, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Brennan received a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She served as chair of University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering's Department of Industrial Engineering from 2007 to 2010.
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Thomas Willeford
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Thomas Dean Willeford V is a steampunk writer, artist and maker. He is known for his work appearing on television and for his book Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos. He lives and works in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, doing business as Brute Force Studios. His steampunk subculture persona is Lord Archibald "Feathers" Featherstone.
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L. Heisler Ball
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lewis Heisler Ball was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was known by his middle name.
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G. Terry Madonna
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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G. Terry Madonna is a Senior Fellow in Residence at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He was Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College. He is also the Director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll. In the early 1970s, he served as County Commissioner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Steven C. Bondy
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in the University of Delaware
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Steven Craig Bondy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Bahrain.
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Dana Ulery
- Occupations
- computer scientistresearcher
- Biography
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Dana Lynn Ulery is an American computer scientist and pioneer in scientific computing applications.
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John M. Custer III
- Biography
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Major General John M. Custer III was a United States Army officer. He was the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca.
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Carl Danberg
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Carl C. Danberg is an American judge from Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Attorney General of Delaware, and commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction. He also serves as a brigadier general in the Delaware Army National Guard.
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John L. Anderson
- Occupations
- researcherteacherengineer
- Biography
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John Leonard Anderson is the former president of the National Academy of Engineering. He was a professor of chemical engineering, who served as the eighth president of Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at IIT, Anderson held positions in academia at various institutions, serving both as the provost of Case Western Reserve University and the dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
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John R. Ewers
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary leader
- Biography
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John R. Ewers, Jr. is a retired major general in the United States Marine Corps. He was the 19th staff Judge advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
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William Medill
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Medill was a 19th-century American lawyer and Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 22nd governor of Ohio from 1853 to 1856. He had previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843.
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Ryan Daly
- Years
- 1998-.. (age 28)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ryan Patrick Daly is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the VCU Rams. He played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens and the Saint Joseph's Hawks.
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Mark McClafferty
- Occupations
- writerfilm producertelevision producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Mark McClafferty is an American film producer, television producer/writer, and Chairman of Spellbound Pictures.
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J. George Stewart
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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John George Stewart was an American architect and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and as Architect of the Capitol. He was known by his middle name.
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John R. Schmidhauser
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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John Richard Schmidhauser was an American politician. He served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from southeastern Iowa, defeating incumbent Republican Fred Schwengel in 1964 but losing to Schwengel two years later in 1966, and again in 1968. He was, until his death in 2018, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Southern California.
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Ernie Wasson
- Occupations
- writerbotanist
- Biography
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Ernie George Wasson is an American gardener, horticulturist and author.
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Carrie Ann Baade
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Carrie Ann Baade is an American painter whose work has been described by Curator of Contemporary Art Margaret Winslow as "autobiographical parables combin(ing) fragments of Renaissance and Baroque religious paintings, resulting in surreal landscapes inhabited by exotic flora, fauna, and figures." The context and the compositional building blocks of her work are fragments of historical masterpieces, which Baade reinterprets using her original feminist and autobiographical perspective. She currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is a professor in the Department of Art at Florida State University.
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George R. Riddle
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George Read Riddle was an American engineer, lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. representative and as U.S. senator from Delaware.
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Robert H. Pepper
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Robert Houston Pepper was an officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general, who is most noted for his work in the development of the Marine defense battalions during World War II and later as commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific or 3rd Marine Division.
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Willard Saulsbury Sr
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Willard Saulsbury Sr. was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chancellor of Court of Chancery of Delaware.
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Anthony Higgins
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Anthony Clark Higgins was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the Republican Party, who served as United States Senator from Delaware.
