30 Notable alumni of
Wagner College
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Wagner College is 1213th in the world, 428th in North America, and 401st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from Wagner College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Fran Drescher
- Occupations
- executive producertelevision presentertelevision actorcharacter actortelevision producer
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Francine Joy Drescher is an American actress, writer, comedian, producer, and former trade union leader. She played Fran Fine in the television sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999), which she created and produced with her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson.
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Robert Loggia
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- program hosttelevision directordirectoractor
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Salvatore "Robert" Loggia was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge (1985) and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Big (1988).
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Jim Carroll
- Occupations
- television actordiaristwriterpoetnovelist
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James Dennis Carroll was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.
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Carmine Giovinazzo
- Occupations
- singerscreenwritertelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo, is an American actor, writer, painter and musician, known for his role as Detective Danny Messer in CSI: NY.
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Jedediah Bila
- Enrolled in Wagner College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- teachercolumnistpoliticianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Jedediah Louisa Bila is an American podcast host and former television host. She is known for her time as a co-host on the daytime talk show The View from 2016 to 2017 and as an anchor on the weekend edition of the morning news and talk program Fox & Friends from 2019 to 2021. She has also written two books. She now hosts her own podcast.
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Dan Mullen
- Occupations
- American football playerhead coachoffensive coordinator
- Biography
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Daniel Mullen is an American college football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 2009 to 2017 and the University of Florida from 2018 to 2021. From 2022 until 2024 he worked as a studio analyst and color commentator for ABC and ESPN.
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Nicole Malliotakis
- Enrolled in Wagner College
- In 2010 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicole Malliotakis is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district. Her district covers Staten Island and a portion of southern Brooklyn.
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Peter L. Berger
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- university teachertheologiansociologist
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Peter Ludwig Berger was an Austrian-born American sociologist and Protestant theologian. Berger became known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, study of modernization, and contributions to sociological theory.
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Gerard Malanga
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- directoractorwriterpoetarchivist
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Gerard Joseph Malanga is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor, curator, and archivist.
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Andrew Bailey
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- baseball player
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Andrew Scott Bailey is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, he played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies. He played college baseball for Wagner College and was selected by the Athletics in the sixth round of the 2006 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2009 and won that season's American League Rookie of the Year Award. He was an All-Star in 2009 and 2010 while he was the closer for the Athletics. He has also been a pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants.
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Paul Zindel
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- chemistscreenwriterwriterchildren's writernovelist
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Paul Zindel Jr. was an American playwright, young adult novelist, and educator.
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Guy Victor Molinari
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- lawyerpolitician
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Gaetano Victor Molinari was an American lawyer and Republican politician from New York city. He represented Staten Island in the United States House of Representatives for four terms (1981–1989) and then served 12 years as Staten Island borough president (1990–2002). His daughter, Susan Molinari, also served as a U.S. Representative.
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Regina Askia-Williams
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- actornursebeauty pageant contestant
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Regina Askia-Williams is a Nigerian-born, American-based actress, model, and former beauty Queen of the University of Lagos titleholder. She received her certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and practices in New York City. She writes and speaks publicly advocating for African outreach in children's health, education, and economic development.
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Armin Thurnher
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Armin Thurnher is an Austrian journalist. He is publisher and editor-in-chief of the Viennese city newspaper Falter.
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Randy Graff
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- actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorstage actor
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Randy Graff is an American actress and singer known for her work in Drexell's Class and Les Misérables.
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Danny Seigle
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Daniel Charles Yadao Seigle is a Filipino-American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the former head of basketball operations of the De La Salle Green Archers men's basketball team and a team consultant for the San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League. He last played for the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He won the 1999 PBA Rookie of the Year and led San Miguel to six championships (out of a total of eight) during his career. He is also a two-time member of the Philippine national basketball team.
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Greg Senat
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football player
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Gregory Senat is an American professional football offensive tackle. He played college football at Wagner.
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Beverly Whipple
- Years
- 1934-.. (age 92)
- Occupations
- sexologistsex educator
- Biography
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Beverly Whipple is an American sexologist who is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University and a professional author. She is a co-author of the publication The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality.
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Fred Espenak
- Enrolled in Wagner College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in physics
- Occupations
- astrophysicistastronomerphysicist
- Biography
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Fred Espenak Jr. was an American astrophysicist. He worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center and published extensively on eclipse predictions.
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Curt Blefary
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Curtis Leroy "Clank" Blefary was an American professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1968), Houston Astros (1969), New York Yankees (1970–1971), Oakland Athletics (1971–1972) and the San Diego Padres (1972). A native of Brooklyn, New York, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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Arno Rafael Minkkinen
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- photographerteacher
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Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish-American photographer who works in the United States.
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Julian Stanford
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Julian Stanford is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wagner Seahawks and was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He also played for the Detroit Lions, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Baltimore Ravens.
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Claire Fagin
- Occupations
- nurseconsultantphilosopher
- Biography
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Claire Muriel Fagin FAAN was an American nurse, educator, and academic. She was an early advocate of family-centered care, with major contributions to psychiatric nursing, nursing education and geriatric nursing. Fagin was also one of the first women to serve as president of an Ivy League university.
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Betsy Joslyn
- Occupations
- singerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Betsy Joslyn is a Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano. Joslyn is best known for her Broadway work, including the original 1979 production of Sweeney Todd. She appeared in the ensemble of the original Broadway production and eventually took over the ingenue role of Johanna after Sarah Rice. She is married to conductor Mark Mitchell.
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Donna Lupardo
- Occupations
- politician
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Donna A. Lupardo is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 123rd Assembly District, which includes the city of Binghamton, New York, as well as the towns of Vestal, New York and Union, New York. The villages of Johnson City, New York and Endicott, New York are contained within the Town of Union and also make up part of the district.
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Blake Francis
- Years
- 1998-.. (age 28)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Blake Francis is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Serie A2. He played college basketball for the Wagner Seahawks and the Richmond Spiders.
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Stephanie Williams
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
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Stephanie Ariel Williams is an American beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, she went on to UCLA Mattel Children's hospital for her general pediatrics residency, and will be a fellow in neonatology at The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles., She was also 1st runner-up in the Miss District of Columbia 2009 pageant. She grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which was home to the Miss America pageant until 2004.
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Kenneth Mitchell
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kenneth C. "Ken" Mitchell is a Democratic Party politician from the New York City borough of Staten Island who had served in the New York City Council representing the North Shore of that borough. He is currently the executive director of the Staten Island Zoo. From March 1, 2010, to October 3, 2011, Mitchell served as interim executive director of the institution.
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Allan L. Goldstein
- Occupations
- molecular biologist
- Biography
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Allan L. Goldstein is emeritus professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He chaired the department from 1978 until March 2009 and was awarded emeritus status in 2013. He is an authority on the thymus gland and the workings of the immune system, and co-discoverer of the thymosins, a family of hormone-like peptides isolated from the thymus gland.
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Douglas W. Petersen
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- politician
- Biography
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Douglas W. Petersen was an American politician who served as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources from 2007 to 2009 and represented the 8th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007. In 2007, Petersen upset residents of Lynn, Massachusetts after he stated at a Swampscott School Committee meeting that Swampscott children would "be captains of industry" who would one day need good employees "so we have to educate Lynn kids". He was born on Long Island and lived in Marblehead at the time of his death.
