100 Notable alumni of
University of Vermont
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The University of Vermont is 426th in the world, 172nd in North America, and 159th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Vermont sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ben Affleck
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterfilm produceractorfilm director
- Biography
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Benjamin Géza Affleck is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of many accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). He later appeared in the independent comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and several Kevin Smith comedies, including Chasing Amy (1997).
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John Dewey
- Occupations
- aestheticianwriterprofessorpedagoguetrade unionist
- Biography
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John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Jessica Seinfeld
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Jessica Seinfeld is an American author. She has released five cookbooks about preparing food for families, and is the founder of the GOOD+ Foundation (formerly Baby Buggy), a New York City-based charitable organization that provides essential items for families in need throughout New York City. She is married to comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
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Mark Boone Junior
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Mark Boone Junior is an American character actor, best known for his TV roles as Bobby Munson in Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and Patrick "Pat" Brown in Last Man On Earth, and film roles in Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Batman Begins (2005), Die Hard 2 (1990), and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
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Dierks Bentley
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposerguitaristsingermusician
- Biography
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Frederick Dierks Bentley is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified Platinum in the United States, and his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified Gold. It was followed in mid-2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009, and a bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010. His sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014. Bentley's eighth album, titled Black, was released in May 2016, and his ninth, The Mountain, was released in June 2018. His tenth studio album, Gravel & Gold, was released in February 2023.
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Mat Fraser
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Mathew Edward Fraser is a retired Canadian-American professional CrossFit athlete, competing from 2014 to 2020. Fraser is the first athlete to have won five CrossFit Games titles, winning the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 CrossFit Games consecutively. He is widely considered to be the most dominant and successful individual male athlete in the sport of CrossFit.
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Trey Anastasio
- Occupations
- composeracademic musiciansingerguitarist
- Biography
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Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish original songs, 141 of them as a solo credit, in addition to 41 credits attributed to the band as a whole.
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Martin St. Louis
- Occupations
- ice hockey coachice hockey player
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Martin St. Louis is a Canadian hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is the current head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, St. Louis played 1,134 games and scored 391 goals and 1,033 points in an NHL career that began with the Calgary Flames in 1998 and ended with the New York Rangers in 2015. St. Louis is best remembered for having played with the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2000 until being traded to the Rangers in 2014. He also briefly played with HC Lausanne of the Swiss National League A. He was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup championship team. St. Louis was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018; his first year of eligibility. He was one of two players inducted into the Tampa Bay Lightning Hall of Fame in their inaugural year on March 17, 2023. St. Louis is widely considered one of the best undrafted players of all time.
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Annie Proulx
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in study of history
- Occupations
- non-fiction writernovelistscreenwriterlibrettistjournalist
- Biography
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Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx.
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Patrick Sharp
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Patrick Sharp is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, and Dallas Stars. After his retirement as a player, Sharp worked as an analyst for NBC Sports and as a color commentary for Blackhawks broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago. He joined the Flyers in 2023 as a special adviser to hockey operations. Sharp was also a member of the University of Vermont coaching staff in 2021.
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Robert Richardson
- Occupations
- cinematographer
- Biography
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Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC is an American cinematographer. Known for his trademark aggressively bright highlight as well as shapeshifting style, he is one of three living persons who has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, the others being Vittorio Storaro and Emmanuel Lubezki. He has frequently collaborated with Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese.
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Pedro Albizu Campos
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
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Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death. He led the nationalist revolts of October 1950 against the United States government in Puerto Rico. Albizu Campos spent a total of twenty-six years in prison at various times for his Puerto Rican independence activities.
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Grace Coolidge
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Grace Anna Coolidge was the wife of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. She was the first lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929 and the second lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in teaching and joined the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in Northampton, Massachusetts, to teach deaf children to communicate by lip reading, rather than by signing. She met Calvin Coolidge in 1904, and the two were married the following year.
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Bruce Rockowitz
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- Studied in 1976-1979
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Bruce Philip Rockowitz is a Canadian businessman based in Hong Kong. He is the chairman of Rock Media International, co-founder of the Pure Group and a director of technology consultancy firm Step Digital Group.
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Phil Scott
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- Studied in 1980
- Occupations
- racing automobile driverpoliticiangeneral contractor
- Biography
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Philip Brian Scott is an American politician, businessman, and stock car racer who has been the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was a representative for the Washington District in the Vermont Senate from 2001 to 2011 and the 81st lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2017.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco
- Occupations
- press agentpoliticianWhite House Deputy Chief of Staffmanager
- Biography
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Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco is an American author, podcaster, spokeswoman, and former government official. She served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2014. She was the youngest woman to hold that position. She was later President of Global Communications Strategy & Talent at A&E Networks and the chief operating officer of Vice Media. She has also been a contributing editor at Marie Claire magazine. Since 2017, Mastromonaco has been a podcaster with Crooked Media.
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Diane Greene
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Diane B. Greene is an American technology entrepreneur and executive. Greene started her career as a naval architect before transitioning to the tech industry, where she was a founder and CEO of VMware from 1998 until 2008. She was a board director of Google and CEO of Google Cloud from 2015 until 2019. She was also the co-founder and CEO of two startups, Bebop and VXtreme, which were acquired by Google and Microsoft, for $380 million and $75 million.
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Jon Fishman
- Occupations
- drummer
- Biography
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Jon Fishman is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit.
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Rollie Massimino
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Roland Vincent Massimino was an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stony Brook University (1969–1971), Villanova University (1973–1992), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1992–1994), Cleveland State University (1996–2003), and at Northwood University's Florida campus, which was sold in 2014 to Keiser University (2006–2017). He reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament five times (all with Villanova) and reached the NAIA Seminfinal twice.
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Mike Gordon
- Occupations
- film directorsinger
- Biography
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Michael Eliot Gordon is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He is also a filmmaker (Rising Low, Outside Out) and author (Mike's Corner). He has released six solo studio albums and three studio albums with acoustic guitar pioneer Leo Kottke.
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Henry Jarvis Raymond
- Occupations
- journalistwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Henry Jarvis Raymond was an American journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician who co-founded both the Republican Party and The New York Times.
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Jody Williams
- Occupations
- peace activistprofessorhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Jody Williams is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work toward the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines.
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William A. Wheeler
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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William Almon Wheeler was an American politician and attorney. He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
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John LeClair
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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John Clark LeClair is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1991 to 2006. With the Flyers, LeClair became the first American-born player to score 50 goals in three consecutive NHL seasons while playing on the Legion of Doom line with Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg. LeClair was a member of the Montreal Canadiens' Stanley Cup winning team in 1993.
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Paul P. Harris
- Occupations
- juristlawyer
- Biography
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Paul Percy Harris was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905.
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Anthony Lamb
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Anthony Miles Lamb is an American professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Vermont Catamounts.
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Mark Bailey
- Occupations
- documentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Mark Daniel Bailey is an American writer, best known for his documentary films, including Last Days in Vietnam (2014), Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022), and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022). Bailey, together with his wife, filmmaker Rory Kennedy, own Moxie Films, a documentary film production company. The company produces documentaries "for broadcast and cable networks, including Netflix, HBO, PBS, A&E, National Geographic, Showtime, Discovery Channel, MTV, TLC, Lifetime Television, the Oxygen Network, and the Sundance Channel as well as for educational foundations and philanthropic organizations."
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David Zuckerman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David E. Zuckerman is an American politician who is currently serving as the 84th lieutenant governor of Vermont since 2023. He previously served two terms as the 82nd lieutenant governor of Vermont, from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party, he previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives for seven terms (1997–2011), and the Vermont Senate for two (2013–2017). In 2020, Zuckerman was a candidate for governor of Vermont. He ran with the support of both the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party, but lost to incumbent governor Phil Scott in the general election.
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Merritt A. Edson
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Merritt Austin Edson, Sr., known as "Red Mike", was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps, First President of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation and First Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Safety & Vermont State Police.
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Paul G. Tremblay
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Paul Gaetan Tremblay is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. His most widely known novels include A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Survivor Song. He has won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.
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Tim Thomas
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Timothy Thomas Jr. is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who mainly played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably with the Boston Bruins.
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Horatio Nelson Jackson
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Horatio Nelson Jackson was an American automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States.
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Gail Sheehy
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistwriterbiographer
- Biography
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Gail Sheehy was an American author, journalist, and lecturer. She was the author of seventeen books and numerous high-profile articles for magazines such as New York and Vanity Fair. Sheehy played a part in the movement Tom Wolfe called the New Journalism, sometimes known as creative nonfiction, in which journalists and essayists experimented with adopting a variety of literary techniques such as scene setting, dialogue, status details to denote social class, and getting inside the story and sometimes reporting the thoughts of a central character.
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Alex Wilcox
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Alex Wilcox is an American airline executive and businessman. He co-founded JetSuiteX, since renamed JSX, and is JSX's CEO. Wilcox was a founding executive of JetBlue Airways as well as president and COO of Kingfisher Airlines until 2006. Wilcox started his career in customer service at Virgin Atlantic Airways, where he helped David Tait, who headed US Virgin Atlantic.
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Brian Halligan
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Brian Halligan is an American executive and author. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of software company HubSpot based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is also a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Halligan coined the term "inbound marketing" to describe the type of marketing he advocates.
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Barbara Cochran
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Barbara Ann Cochran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States.
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Jeff Holdsworth
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Jeff Holdsworth is a musician who was a founding member of the rock band Phish. Founded at the Redstone campus dormitories of the University of Vermont in the fall of 1983, the band originally featured Holdsworth and Trey Anastasio sharing lead vocal and guitar duties, Jon Fishman on drums, and Mike Gordon on bass guitar. Holdsworth left the band in 1986 after graduating from UVM to pursue a career in electrical engineering, shortly before the band recorded their debut self-produced album, The White Tape, though he had played on some of the demo recordings (done in a dorm room) that would later be re-recorded for that album. His songs "Possum" and "Camel Walk" continue to be Phish live show favorites.
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Michael A. Stackpole
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writerwriterrole-playing game designer
- Biography
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Michael Austin Stackpole is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books. He was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, but raised in Vermont. He has a BA in history from the University of Vermont. From 1977 on, he worked as a designer of role-playing games for various gaming companies, and wrote dozens of magazine articles with limited distribution within the industry. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Viktor Stålberg
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Viktor Stålberg is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2013.
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Billy Kidd
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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William Winston Kidd is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1970.
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Beth Heiden
- Occupations
- speed skatersport cyclistcross-country skier
- Biography
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Elizabeth Lee Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a speedskating bronze medalist at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, where her brother Eric won five speedskating gold medals.
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Kevan Miller
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Kevan Michael Miller is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Brooke Gladstone
- Occupations
- journalistpodcasterradio personality
- Biography
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Brooke Gladstone is an American journalist, author and media analyst. She is the host and managing editor of the WNYC radio program On the Media.
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Will McBride
- Occupations
- painterjournalistphotographerillustratorvisual artist
- Biography
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Will McBride was an American photographer in reportage, art photography and book illustration as well as a painter and sculptor.
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Lowell Bailey
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- In 2005 studied environmental science and political science
- Occupations
- cross-country skierbiathlete
- Biography
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Lowell Bailey is an American biathlon coach and retired biathlete who competed from 2001 until 2018.
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Molly Gray
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
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Cyma Zarghami
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Cyma Zarghami is an Iranian-born American film studio and former cable television executive who served as the president of Nickelodeon and Viacom Media Networks' Kids & Family Group from 2006 to 2018. She is the founder and CEO of MiMo Studios.
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Mark Papermaster
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Biography
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Mark D. Papermaster is an American business executive currently serving as the chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president for technology and engineering at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). On January 25, 2019 he was promoted to AMD's Executive Vice President. Papermaster previously worked at IBM from 1982 to 2008, where he was closely involved in the development of PowerPC technology and served two years as vice president of IBM's blade server division. Papermaster's decision to move from IBM to Apple Inc. in 2008 became central to a court case considering the validity and scope of an employee non-compete clause in the technology industry. He became senior vice president of devices hardware engineering at Apple in 2009, with oversight for devices such as the iPhone. In 2010 he left Apple and joined Cisco Systems as a VP of the company's silicon engineering development. Papermaster joined AMD on October 24, 2011, assuming oversight for all of AMD's technology teams and the creation of all of AMD's products, and AMD's corporate technical direction.
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Torrey Mitchell
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Torrey Charles Mitchell is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centerman. He spent 12 years playing professional hockey with the San Jose Sharks, the Minnesota Wild, the Buffalo Sabres, the Montreal Canadiens and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as playing in Europe with Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He was originally drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fourth round, 126th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
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Carole Demas
- Occupations
- actorstage actor
- Biography
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Carole Demas is an American actress, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original 1976 production of The Baker's Wife, for many prime time television roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running children's television show The Magic Garden. The winding path of Carole's career, highlighted in Schirmer, Citadel and Applause Books chronicling the trials and triumphs of Broadway, has taken her from her early days as Miss Vermont in The Miss Universe Contest, to major roles from coast to coast. Her cabaret and concert performances have brought funds and attention to many worthy causes.
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Ross Colton
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Ross Colton is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Éric Perrin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Éric Perrin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for JYP Jyväskylä in the Finnish Liiga. As of December 2017, he is the highest scoring foreign player in the history of Liiga.
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Todd T. Semonite
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Todd Thurston Semonite was the 54th chief of engineers of the United States Army and the commanding general of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Semonite graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering and was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers in 1979. He also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Vermont and a Master of Military Art and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
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The Dude of Life
- Occupations
- songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Steve Pollak, best known by his stage name The Dude of Life, is a musician and lyricist.
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Madeleine Kunin
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Madeleine Kunin is a Swiss-born American diplomat, author and politician. She served as the 77th governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. Kunin is currently a James Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont.
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Marqus Blakely
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marqus Austin Blakely is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Vermont.
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Trae Bell-Haynes
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Trae Bell-Haynes is a Canadian basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Vermont Catamounts.
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Jack Arute
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
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Jack Arute III is an American former sportscaster for the NFL and college sports for Sirius XM Radio. He used to be an auto racing pit reporter and college football sideline reporter for ESPN and ABC, and covered the Izod IndyCar Series and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Versus.
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Samuel Worcester
- Occupations
- Bible translatortranslator
- Biography
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Samuel Austin Worcester, was an American missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer, and defender of the Cherokee sovereignty. He collaborated with Elias Boudinot (Cherokee) in Georgia to establish the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, which was printed in both English and the Cherokee syllabary. The Cherokee gave Worcester the honorary name A-tse-nu-sti, which translates to "messenger" in English.
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Níkos Papandréou
- Occupations
- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Nikos Papandreou is a Greek politician, cultural commentator and writer. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for PASOK since May 2023. He replaced Nikos Androulakis who resigned in order to run in the 2023 Greek legislative election.
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Andreas Varsakopoulos
- Occupations
- teachercelebrity
- Biography
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Andreas Jacques Varsakopoulos is a Greek-American who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea as a director, producer, and actor. He was born to a Greek father and an American mother. He is one of very few foreign directors/producers working in the Korean entertainment industry.
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Scott Milne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott Edward Milne is an American businessman and political candidate from North Pomfret, Vermont. A Republican, Milne was the party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2020, losing to Democrat Molly Gray; the nominee for United States Senate in 2016, losing to incumbent Democrat Patrick Leahy; and the nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2014, losing to two-term incumbent Peter Shumlin in the closest gubernatorial election in Vermont since 1962.
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Frederick H. Billings
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Frederick H. Billings was an American lawyer, financier, and politician. He is known for his legal work on land claims during the early years of California's statehood and his presidency of the Northern Pacific Railway from 1879 to 1881.
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Duane Graveline
- Occupations
- physicianastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Duane Edgar "Doc" Graveline was an American physician and NASA astronaut. He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts, for the Apollo program. He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of his zero gravity deconditioning research while working as a United States Air Force (USAF) research scientist.
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Warren Austin
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianjudgediplomat
- Biography
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Warren Robinson Austin was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Paula Moltzan
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Paula Moltzan is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom.
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Herb Brown
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Herbert Brown is an American basketball coach and the brother of Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. He is the former head coach of the Detroit Pistons (1976–78).
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Taylor Coppenrath
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Taylor Burton Coppenrath is an American former professional basketball player.
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Jehudi Ashmun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jehudi Ashmun was an American religious leader and social reformer from New England who helped lead efforts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" African Americans to a colony in West Africa. It founded the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place to resettle free people of color from the United States.
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Zerah Colburn
- Occupations
- autobiographeruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Zerah Colburn was an American child prodigy of the 19th century who gained fame as a mental calculator.
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James Van Ness
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- In 1825 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1831 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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James Van Ness was an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of San Francisco from 1855 to 1856.
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Wallace M. Greene
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Wallace Martin Greene Jr. was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1964, to December 31, 1967.
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John Eugene Osborne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Eugene Osborne was an American physician, farmer, banker, and politician who served as the 3rd governor of Wyoming and United States representative as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Gabriel Rothblatt
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- politicianfuturist
- Biography
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Gabriel Rothblatt is a technoprogressive political activist, a 2014 congressional candidate, and a writer and speaker in the futurist and transhumanist movements.
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William Greenough Thayer Shedd
- Occupations
- theologianwriter
- Biography
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William Greenough Thayer Shedd was an American Presbyterian theologian from Massachusetts.
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Tim Ashe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy R. Ashe is an American politician who ran for a wide range of political offices in Vermont and served as a Democrat/Progressive in the Vermont State Senate from Chittenden County from 2009 to 2021 and as President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate from 2017 until 2021.
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Ryan Gunderson
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Ryan Gunderson is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL).
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Lewis A. Craparotta
- Enrolled in the University of Vermont
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lewis A. Craparotta is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the commanding general of United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command. Craparotta previously served as commanding general of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.
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Daniel Adams
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Daniel R. Adams is an American feature film director. He is best known for directing and writing the films The Lightkeepers, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner, and The Golden Boys, starring David Carradine, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, Charles Durning, and Mariel Hemingway.
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Brian Dubie
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Brian E. Dubie is an American politician who was the 80th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. He lost the 2010 election for governor of Vermont by fewer than 5,000 votes.
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David H. Barlow
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- psychologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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David H. Barlow is an American psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at Boston University. He is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Barlow is known for his research and publications on the etiology, nature, and treatment of anxiety disorders. The models and treatment methods that he developed for anxiety and related disorders are widely used in clinical training and practice. Barlow is one of the most frequently cited psychologists in the world.
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Jeff Weaver
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeffrey P. Weaver is an American political strategist who served as campaign manager for the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign and an advisor for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. He formerly served as the campaign manager for Sanders's 2006 United States Senate election and as chief of staff in Sanders's House and Senate offices. In August 2016, Weaver was named president of Our Revolution, a political organization created by Sanders, a position he held until June 2017. In May 2018, his book How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country was published.
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David Schenker
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David Kenneth Schenker is an American diplomat who worked in the Department of Defense during the George W. Bush administration, and was nominated on April 9, 2018, to head the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the State Department.
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Amanda Pelkey
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Amanda Pelkey is an American ice hockey forward, currently plays for PWHL Boston of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She formerly played in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Metropolitan Riveters. She won the Isobel Cup in 2016 with the Boston Pride and was previously affiliated with the Calgary section of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). Her college ice hockey career was played with the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East conference of the NCAA Division I.
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Jacob Collamer
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
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Jacob Collamer was an American politician from Vermont. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Postmaster General in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor, and as a U.S. Senator.
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Steven A. Cray
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- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Steven A. Cray was the Adjutant General of Vermont. In this post he served as the senior uniformed officer in the state, and was responsible for the organization, training and equipping of the 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. As adjutant general, he also served as inspector general, quartermaster general and head of the State Military Department, including the Vermont State Guard and Veterans Affairs.
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David Hyman
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- businessperson
- Biography
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David Hyman is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Unagi Scooters, a manufacturer of electric scooters, which launched December 2018. Hyman is also the former CEO of Beats Music, MOG, Gracenote and Blin.gy.
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Cynthia Dill
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Cynthia Dill is an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate, representing the 7th district which is composed of South Portland, her hometown of Cape Elizabeth, and a small portion of Scarborough.
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Jonathan Nordbotten
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Jonathan Nordbotten is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, who specialised in slalom.
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Eugene Foss
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eugene Noble Foss was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts.
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Anne Watson
- Occupations
- coachteacher
- Biography
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Anne E. Watson is an American educator and politician who has served as a Democratic / Progressive member of the Vermont Senate since January 2023. She served as Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont, from March 2018 to March 2023. Watson is a physics teacher at Montpelier High School. She served on the Montpelier city council for several years before running unopposed for mayor in late 2017.
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Joe Trapani
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Joseph Charles Trapani is an American-Italian former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Vermont Catamounts and Boston College Eagles.
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Jim Louderback
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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James Louderback is the CEO of VidCon, and was previously the CEO of Revision3. He has had numerous jobs in media companies involved in technology, most notably with TechTV and editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. He is also well known as the television host of TechTV's Fresh Gear for three years from 1998 to 2000.
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Kathy Giusti
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kathy Giusti is a business leader and a healthcare disrupter. She is a two-time cancer survivor having been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and breast cancer. Kathy Co-Founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation where she served as CEO and president for nearly two decades. She also co-chaired the Harvard Business School (HBS) Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, which she helped found, as a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School.
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Mitzi Johnson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mitzi Johnson is an American Democratic politician who was the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. She represented the Grand Isle-Chittenden (GI-CHI) district (seat number 1), before losing re-election.
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Laurence St-Germain
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Laurence St-Germain is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her World Cup debut in November 2015, and is the current world champion in slalom.
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Michael Dubie
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Michael D. Dubie is a United States Air Force officer who attained the rank of lieutenant general while serving as the deputy commander of United States Northern Command from 2012 to 2015. From 2006 to 2012 he was Adjutant General of the State of Vermont, serving as the senior uniformed officer in the state responsible for the organization, training and equipage of the 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. As adjutant general, he also served as inspector general, quartermaster general and head of the State Military Department, including Veterans Affairs.
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W. Patrick Murphy
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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W. Patrick Murphy is a career U.S. diplomat. A Senior Foreign Service Officer, he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2018 to 2019, fulfilling the duties of Acting Assistant Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Multilateral Affairs, 2016–2018. He previously served as Chargé d'affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in the Kingdoms of Thailand and Lesotho. He was nominated on January 16, 2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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John A. Kasson
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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John Adam Kasson was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S. House six times, he repeatedly interrupted his congressional service to serve in the Diplomatic service in many different capacities.
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Christina E. Nolan
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Christina Elizabeth Nolan is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 2017 to 2021. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney, she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Vermont, where she prosecuted a variety of criminal cases. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2022 election, losing the Republican primary. Nolan is considered a moderate Republican, and in her Senate campaign was endorsed by Governor Phil Scott.
