EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1957 as the State University College. Part of the State University of New York.

Location:
Stony Brook, NY

Founding Date:
1957

Team:
Seawolves

Mascot:
Seawolf

Enrollment:
21,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kofi Awoonor	Poet	13-Mar-1935		Rediscovery
Joy Behar	TV Personality	7-Oct-1943		Co-Host of The View
Lawrence E. Cahoone	Scholar	31-Aug-1954		The Dilemma of Modernity
Gene Cretz	Diplomat	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Ghana
Diane Farr	Actor	7-Sep-1969		Megan Reeves on Numb3rs
Robert Gallucci	Diplomat	11-Feb-1946		President, MacArthur Foundation
Emmanuel Goldstein	Journalist	16-Dec-1959		2600: The Hacker Quarterly
John L. Hennessy	Educator	c. 1953		President of Stanford University
Holger H. Herwig	Historian	25-Sep-1941		Germany's Vision of Empire in Venezuela
Ron Nehring	Politician	20-May-1970		Chairman, California Republican Party
Nam June Paik	Artist	20-Jul-1932	29-Jan-2006	Korean-American video artist
Andrew J. Policano	Business	c. 1949		Business School Dean, UC Irvine
Jef Raskin	Computer Programmer	9-Mar-1943	26-Feb-2005	Designed Macintosh human interface
Gary Samore	Government	31-Mar-1953		White House WMD Czar, 2009-13
Laura Schlessinger	Radio Personality	16-Jan-1947		The Dr. Laura Show
Dave Weldon	Politician	31-Aug-1953		Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009
Peter Woit	Physicist	c. 1957		String Theorist

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kofi Awoonor	Poet	13-Mar-1935		Rediscovery
Stephen J. Cimbala	Scholar	4-Nov-1943		Nuclear Weapons and Strategy
Angela Davis	Activist	26-Jan-1944		Black Panther, teacher, professor
Jim Harrison	Novelist	11-Dec-1937	26-Mar-2016	Legends of the Fall
Don Ihde	Philosopher	14-Jan-1934		Technics and Praxis
Alfred Kazin	Critic	5-Jun-1915	5-Jun-1998	On Native Grounds
Paul C. Lauterbur	Scientist	6-May-1929	27-Mar-2007	Magnetic resonance imaging
Arnold J. Levine	Biologist	1939		Cancer researcher
Philip Roth	Novelist	19-Mar-1933		Portnoy's Complaint
Carl Safina	Author	23-May-1955		Song for the Blue Ocean
James Simons	Mathematician	c. 1938		Renaissance Technologies hedge fund
Louis Simpson	Poet	27-Mar-1923	14-Sep-2012	At The End of the Open Road
Lewis Thomas	Doctor	25-Nov-1913	3-Dec-1993	The Lives of a Cell
Chen Ning Yang	Physicist	1-Oct-1922		Particle physicist

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Don Ihde	Philosopher	14-Jan-1934		Technics and Praxis
Homer A. Neal	Physicist	13-Jun-1942		Director of the ATLAS Project
Andrew J. Policano	Business	c. 1949		Business School Dean, UC Irvine
Graham B. Spanier	Educator	18-Jul-1948		President, Penn State University, 1995-2011
John S. Toll	Educator	25-Oct-1923	15-Jul-2011	President, University of Maryland, 1978-88
William H. Turner	Business	c. 1940		Vice Chairman of Chemical Bank

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