14 Notable alumni of
Western Connecticut State University
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Western Connecticut State University is 2783rd in the world, 971st in North America, and 919th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Western Connecticut State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Thurston Moore
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposersaxophonistpianistmusician
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Thurston Joseph Moore is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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Paul Pasqualoni
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Paul Lucian Pasqualoni is an American football coach for the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League (UFL). He most recently was the defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers.
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Jodi Rell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell is an American former politician who served as the 87th governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011. Rell also served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004 under Governor John G. Rowland, and became governor after Rowland resigned from office. She remains the most recent Republican governor of Connecticut.
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Paul LaPolice
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Paul LaPolice is a football coach who was most recently the head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion as an assistant coach, most recently in 2019 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as the offensive coordinator. He formerly served as head coach for the Blue Bombers from 2010 to 2012, compiling a record of 16 wins and 28 losses. He currently works as a broadcaster for TSN.
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Mark D. Boughton
- Occupations
- politician
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Mark D. Boughton is an American politician who was the longest-serving mayor in Danbury, Connecticut's history. He served ten consecutive terms as mayor, from 2001 to 2020. He was the Republican endorsed candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2018, but lost the primary election to Bob Stefanowski. In 2020, Governor Ned Lamont nominated Boughton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services.
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Peter Selgin
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- playwright
- Biography
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Peter Selgin is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia.
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Chris Casey
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
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Chris Casey is an American head college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. On March 11, 2019, he was released. He finished at Niagara with a six-year record of 64–129. He is currently the Interim head coach at Fairfield, after former head coach Jay Young stepped down as head coach on October 16, 2023.
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Jane K. Cleland
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United States - Occupations
- novelist
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Jane K. Cleland is a contemporary American author of mystery fiction. She is the author of the Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries, a traditional mystery series set in New Hampshire and featuring antiques appraiser Josie Prescott, as well as books and articles about the craft of writing. Cleland has been nominated for and has won numerous awards for her writing.
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Dana Sawyer
- Occupations
- writer
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Dana Sawyer is professor emeritus of religious studies and world religions at the Maine College of Art & Design and an adjunct professor in Asian Religions at the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine. He is the author of numerous published papers and books, including Aldous Huxley: A Biography, which Laura Huxley described as, "Out of all the biographies written about Aldous, this is the only one he would have actually liked."
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John H. Frey
- Occupations
- politician
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John H. Frey is an American real estate broker, businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives for the 111th district from 1999 to 2021.
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William Arndt
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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William Arndt is the quarterbacks coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is a former professional gridiron football quarterback. He attended Western Connecticut State University, where he played college football. Arndt made his professional debut in 2019 for the Ottawa Redblacks.
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Alain J. Picard
- Occupations
- painter
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Alain J. Picard is an American figurative, landscape, and portrait pastel painter, master art instructor, and writer. He resides in Southbury, Connecticut. Alain has lectured and demonstrated for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Arts Club in New York City, Vose Galleries in Boston, MA, the International Association of Pastel Societies Convention in Albuquerque, NM, and many others.
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David Cappiello
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David J. Cappiello is a businessman and former State Senator representing Connecticut’s 24th Senate District, which includes the communities of Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman, and part of Bethel. In the Senate, he served as Deputy Minority Leader and Ranking Member of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee.
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Sas Carey
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- nursefilm directorteacher
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Sas Carey is an American film director, author, teacher, holistic nurse and spiritual healer. She is best known for her four feature documentaries: Gobi Women's Song, Ceremony, Migration and Transition and her book Reindeer Herders in My Heart: Stories of Healing Journeys in Mongolia, and founding the non-profit Nomadicare, which works to support and preserve traditional Mongolian nomadic culture through healthcare, films and stories.