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Syracuse University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Syracuse, NY

Founding Date:
1870

Motto:
Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat

Mascot:
Otto the Orange

Radio Station:
WERW-AM

Enrollment:
18,604

Official Website:
http://www.syr.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
O. Rudolph Aggrey
Diplomat
24-Jul-1926   US Ambassador to Romania, 1977-81
Marv Albert
Sports Figure
12-Jun-1941   Yessssssss!
Richard J. Almeida
Business
c. 1943   Heller Financial
Gary Anderson
Football
16-Jul-1959   NFL placekicker
Carmelo Anthony
Basketball
29-May-1984   Denver Nuggets Forward
Colleen F. Arnold
Business
c. 1957   IBM executive
Ken Auletta
Columnist
23-Apr-1942   Media Columnist
H. Douglas Barclay
Diplomat
5-Jul-1932   US Ambassador to El Salvador, 2003-07
Craig Benson
Politician
8-Oct-1954   Governor of New Hampshire, 2003-05
Joseph Biden
Politician
20-Nov-1942   US Senator from Delaware
Dave Bing
Basketball
24-Nov-1943   NBA Hall of Famer
Edward Bleier
Business
c. 1929   President, Warner Broadcast/Cable, 1986-2000
Jim Boeheim
Basketball
17-Nov-1944   Syracuse Head Coach
Sherwood Boehlert
Politician
28-Sep-1936   Congressman, New York 24th
Molly Corbett Broad
Business
1941   University Chancellor
Jim Brown
Football
17-Feb-1936   Cleveland Browns RB
Samantha Brown
TV Personality
31-Mar-1969   Travel Channel host
Paul A. Brunner
Business
c. 1935   Spring Capital, Inc.
George Campbell, Jr.
Educator
2-Dec-1945   President of the Cooper Union
John Chapple
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Nextel Partners, 1998-2006
John T. Connor
Business
3-Nov-1914 6-Oct-2000 CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Bob Costas
TV Personality
22-Mar-1952   Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later
Tom Coughlin
Football
31-Aug-1946   Head Coach, New York Giants
Stephen Crane
Novelist
1-Nov-1871 5-Jun-1900 The Red Badge of Courage
Michael M. Crow
Educator
c. 1955   President, Arizona State University
Larry Csonka
Football
25-Dec-1946   Hall-of-famer Miami Dolphins #39
James B. Cunningham
Diplomat
?   US Consul General in Hong Kong
Jessica Cutler
Blogger
18-May-1978   Former DeWine staffer, Washingtonienne
Al D'Amato
Politician
1-Aug-1937   US Senator from New York, 1981-99
Duffy Daugherty
Football
8-Sep-1915 25-Sep-1987 MSU Head Coach, 1954-72
Al Davis
Football
4-Jul-1929   Owner of the Oakland Raiders
Ernie Davis
Football
14-Dec-1939 18-May-1963 Winner, 1961 Heisman Trophy
Donald Devine
Government
c. 1937   Director, Office of Personnel Management, 1981-85
Taye Diggs
Actor
2-Jan-1971   How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Robert E. Dineen, Jr.
Attorney
1940   Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Nicholas M. Donofrio
Business
7-Sep-1945   EVP at IBM
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Randy Edsall
Football
27-Aug-1958   Head Coach, University of Connecticut
Michael B. Elefante
Attorney
15-Feb-1944   Partner, Hemenway & Barnes
Mark Emmert
Educator
16-Dec-1952   President, University of Washington
Peter Falk
Actor
16-Sep-1927   Detective Columbo
Bernard Fall
Journalist
19-Nov-1926 21-Feb-1967 Scholar of the Vietnam conflict
Vera Farmiga
Actor
6-Aug-1973   Down to the Bone
Thom Filicia
TV Personality
17-May-1968   Interior Design Queer Eye guy
David Flaum
Activist
c. 1953   Flaum Management Company
Ina Garten
Chef
2-Feb-1948   Barefoot Contessa
Tony Gillespie
Diplomat
22-Mar-1935 7-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91
James E. Graves, Jr.
Judge
c. 1953   Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Marvin Harrison
Football
25-Aug-1972   Indianapolis Colts WR
Richard S. Hill
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Novellus Systems
Miriam Hopkins
Actor
18-Oct-1902 9-Oct-1972 The Story of Temple Drake
Steve Israel
Politician
30-May-1958   Congressman, New York 2nd
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
Robert Jarvik
Doctor
11-May-1946   Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Grace Jones
Singer/Songwriter
19-May-1952   Slave to the Rhythm
Roy Kerr
Mathematician
16-May-1934   Rotating black holes
Martin S. Kimmel
Business
9-Apr-1916 15-Apr-2008 Founder of Kimco Realty
Jim Konstanty
Baseball
2-Mar-1917 11-Jun-1976 National League 1950 MVP
Ted Koppel
Journalist
8-Feb-1940   Nightline
Hilton Kramer
Critic
25-Mar-1928   The New Criterion
Steve Kroft
Journalist
22-Aug-1945   60 Minutes
Randy Kuhl
Politician
19-Apr-1943   Congressman, New York 29th
E. Floyd Kvamme
Business
1938   Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Lisa Lampanelli
Comic
19-Jul-1961   Insult Comic
Frank Langella
Actor
1-Jan-1938   Dracula and Dave
Kenneth Levy
Business
c. 1941   Founder of KLA Instruments
Kyle Lowder
Actor
27-Aug-1980   The Bold and the Beautiful
William Lundigan
Actor
12-Jun-1914 20-Dec-1975 Men Into Space
John D. MacDonald
Novelist
24-Jul-1916 28-Dec-1986 Travis McGee mystery novels
John Mackey
Football
24-Sep-1941   NFL Hall of Famer
Theodore E. Martin
Business
c. 1939   CEO of the Barnes Group
Albert Maysles
Film Director
26-Nov-1926   Documentary filmmaker
Scott McCloud
Cartoonist
1960   Author of Understanding Comics
Edie McClurg
Actor
23-Jul-1951   Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Neal McDonough
Actor
13-Feb-1966   Medical Investigation, Boomtown
John C. McGinley
Actor
3-Aug-1959   Dr. Perry Cox on Scrubs
Donovan McNabb
Football
25-Nov-1976   Philadelphia Eagles QB
Barry Mills
Attorney
8-Sep-1950   President, Bowdoin College
Art Monk
Football
5-Dec-1957   Former Washington Redskins WR
George Moose
Diplomat
23-Jun-1944   US Ambassador to the UN in Europe, 1998-2001
Story Musgrave
Astronaut
19-Aug-1935   Spent 1281 hours in space
Andres Nevares
Attorney
12-Nov-1944   Nevares Sanchez-Alvarez & Mendez
Donald Newhouse
Publisher
1929   Advance Newspapers billionaire
Sean O'Keefe
Administrator
27-Jan-1956   NASA Administrator, 2001-05
Joyce Carol Oates
Author
16-Jun-1938   Author of over 40 novels
Bud Paxson
Business
c. 1934   Paxson Communications
Suzanne Pleshette
Actor
31-Jan-1937 19-Jan-2008 The Birds
Kenneth A. Pontarelli
Business
c. 1971   Goldman Sachs
Irma S. Raker
Judge
2-Apr-1938   Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
Arnold L. Raphel
Diplomat
16-Mar-1943 17-Aug-1988 US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88
Lou Reed
Musician
2-Mar-1942   The Velvet Underground
Henry duPont Ridgely
Judge
c. 1949   Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
H. John Riley, Jr.
Business
c. 1941   CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005
Kevin A. Ring
Attorney
c. 1970   Team Abramoff
Jim Ringo
Football
21-Nov-1931 19-Nov-2007 NFL Hall of Famer
Arthur Rock
Business
19-Aug-1926   Coined term "Venture Capitalism"
Bruce R. Ross
Business
c. 1941   Chairman of Biogen Idec
Steven Rothman
Politician
14-Oct-1952   Congressman, New Jersey 9th
Warren Rudman
Politician
18-May-1930   US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93
Kenneth P. Ruscio
Educator
c. 1954   President, Washington and Lee University
William Safire
Columnist
17-Dec-1929   NYT columnist and language maven
Patrick Sammon
Activist
1974   President, Log Cabin Republicans
George Saunders
Author
2-Dec-1958   In Persuasion Nation
Robert Scheer
Columnist
4-Apr-1936   Former L.A. Times columnist, former Commie
Pauline A. Schneider
Attorney
c. 1943   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rudy E. Schupp
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Republic Security Bank, 1984-2001
Tom Everett Scott
Actor
7-Sep-1970   That Thing You Do!
Donna Shalala
Government
14-Feb-1941   Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001
Alan Shalleck
Author
14-Nov-1929 6-Feb-2006 Curious George writer, murdered
Bruce Shelley
Computer Programmer
?   Created computer game Age of Empires
Neal Smith
Politician
23-Mar-1920   Congressman from Iowa, 1959-95
Lexington Steele
Pornstar
28-Nov-1969   Lex the Impaler
Jerry Stiller
Actor
8-Jun-1927   Frank Costanza on Seinfeld
James C. Stoffel
Business
c. 1946   Senior VP and CTO at Kodak, 2000-05
Alwaleed bin Talal
Business
Mar-1955   World's 5th richest man, 2005
Dorothy Thompson
Journalist
9-Jul-1893 30-Jan-1961 I Saw Hitler!
Terence A. Todman
Diplomat
13-Mar-1926   US Ambassador to Argentina, 1989-93
Hatim A. Tyabji
Business
1945   CEO of VeriFone, 1986-98
Christine A. Varney
Attorney
17-Dec-1955   Partner, Hogan & Hartson
James D. Walsh
Diplomat
9-Aug-1946   US Ambassador to Argentina, 2000-03
Theodore S. Weiss
Politician
17-Sep-1927 14-Sep-1992 Congressman from New York, 1977-92
Peter Weller
Actor
24-Jun-1947   The original RoboCop
John P. White
Government
27-Feb-1937   US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97
Bud Wilkinson
Football
23-Apr-1916 9-Feb-1994 Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63
Vanessa Williams
Actor
18-Mar-1963   First black Miss America
Debra Wilson
Comic
26-Apr-1970   MADtv
Kristen Wilson
Actor
11-Nov-1969   Walking Tall
Barry Wood
Designer
c. 1971   Interior decorator on Trading Spaces
George C. Wortley
Politician
8-Dec-1926   Congressman from New York, 1981-89
John Zogby
Business
1948   Pollster

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921   Brothers, I Loved You All
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Economist
3-Feb-1958   McCain chief economic advisor
Donald Justice
Poet
12-Aug-1925 6-Aug-2004 The Summer Anniversaries
Mary Karr
Author
1954   The Liars' Club
Donald Kennedy
Educator
18-Aug-1931   Editor-in-Chief of Science
Melvyn Levitsky
Diplomat
19-Mar-1938   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1994-98
Katharine C. Lyall
Business
26-Apr-1941   President of the UW System, 1992-2004
Montgomery Meigs
Military
11-Jan-1945   Military analyst
Michael Novak
Religion
9-Sep-1933   The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Sean O'Keefe
Administrator
27-Jan-1956   NASA Administrator, 2001-05
George Saunders
Author
2-Dec-1958   In Persuasion Nation
Delmore Schwartz
Poet
8-Dec-1913 11-Jul-1966 Summer Knowledge
Lee Smolin
Physicist
1955   The Trouble with Physics
Peter Weller
Actor
24-Jun-1947   The original RoboCop
Tobias Wolff
Author
19-Jun-1945   The Barracks Thief

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
H. Douglas Barclay
Diplomat
5-Jul-1932   US Ambassador to El Salvador, 2003-07
J. Patrick Barrett
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Avis, 1981-87
Molly Corbett Broad
Business
1941   University Chancellor
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
John Chapple
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Nextel Partners, 1998-2006
Robert E. Dineen, Jr.
Attorney
1940   Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling
David Flaum
Activist
c. 1953   Flaum Management Company
Theodore E. Martin
Business
c. 1939   CEO of the Barnes Group
Donovan McNabb
Football
25-Nov-1976   Philadelphia Eagles QB
Donald Newhouse
Publisher
1929   Advance Newspapers billionaire
H. John Riley, Jr.
Business
c. 1941   CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Boeheim
Basketball
17-Nov-1944   Syracuse Head Coach
Tom Coughlin
Football
31-Aug-1946   Head Coach, New York Giants
Jake Crouthamel
Football
27-Jun-1938   Syracuse Athletics Director
Duffy Daugherty
Football
8-Sep-1915 25-Sep-1987 MSU Head Coach, 1954-72
Randy Edsall
Football
27-Aug-1958   Head Coach, University of Connecticut
Dick MacPherson
Football
1930   Syracuse Head Coach, 1981-90
George O'Leary
Football
17-Aug-1946   Head Coach, U. of Central Florida
Rick Pitino
Basketball
18-Sep-1952   Head Coach, University of Louisville
Ben Schwartzwalder
Football
2-Jun-1909 28-Apr-1993 Syracuse Head Coach, 1949-73
Jim Tressel
Football
5-Dec-1952   Head Coach, Ohio State
Bud Wilkinson
Football
23-Apr-1916 9-Feb-1994 Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63


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