EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Newark, DE

Founding Date:
1743

Team:
Fightin' Blue Hens

Enrollment:
21,100

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jill Jacobs Biden	Relative	5-Jun-1951		Wife of Joe Biden
Joseph Biden	Politician	20-Nov-1942		Vice President of the United States
Daniel E. Button	Politician	1-Nov-1917	7-Mar-2009	Congressman from New York, 1967-71
John Carney	Politician	20-May-1956		Congressman, Delaware
Thomas Carper	Politician	23-Jan-1947		US Senator from Delaware
Christopher J. Christie	Politician	6-Sep-1962		Governor of New Jersey
Howard E. Cosgrove	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Conectiv, 1998-2002
Bob Filner	Politician	4-Sep-1942		Mayor of San Diego, 2012-13
Joe Flacco	Football	16-Jan-1985		Baltimore Ravens QB
J. Allen Frear	Politician	7-Mar-1903	15-Jan-1993	US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61
J. Erik Fyrwald	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Nalco Holding
Robert Gore	Chemist	15-Apr-1937		Co-inventor of Gore-Tex
Steve Harris	Actor	3-Dec-1965		The Practice
David E. Hoffman	Journalist	1953		The Dead Hand
George F. MacCormack	Business	1943		Former Group VP at DuPont
George MacKenzie	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Hercules, 1996-2000
Jack L. Messman	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Novell, 2001-06
James H. Miller	Business	c. 1948		CEO of PPL Corporation
Daniel Nathans	Scientist	30-Oct-1928	16-Nov-1999	Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
David A. Norcross	Activist	30-Mar-1937		Republican National Lawyers Association
Jane Margaret O'Brien	Educator	c. 1953		President, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Jane G. Pepper	Agriculturalist	c. 1945		Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
William D. Phillips	Physicist	5-Nov-1948		Trapped atoms with laser light
David Plouffe	Government	27-May-1967		Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
Lawrence F. Probst III	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Electronic Arts, 1991-2007
Stephen E. Schmidt	Government	1970		John McCain's 2008 campaign manager
Matthew Shipp	Jazz Musician	7-Dec-1960		Free jazz pianist
Nick Smith	Politician	5-Nov-1934		Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2005
James W. Wagner	Educator	c. 1953		President, Emory University
Robert S. Walker	Politician	23-Dec-1942		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97
John E. Wallace, Jr.	Judge	1942		Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
Johnny Weir	Figure Skating	2-Jul-1984		Olympic figure skater
Marna C. Whittington	Business	c. 1947		COO of Allianz Global Investors

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard L. Bushman	Historian	20-Jun-1931		Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Charles M. Elson	Business	c. 1960		Economist, University of Delaware
Steven Hahn	Historian	18-Jul-1951		A Nation Under Our Feet
Richard F. Heck	Chemist	15-Aug-1931	9-Oct-2015	Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
Peter Kolchin	Historian	3-Jun-1943		American Slavery, 1619-1877
Jean Piccard	Aviator	28-Jan-1884	28-Jan-1963	Extreme balloonist
W. D. Snodgrass	Poet	5-Jan-1926	13-Jan-2009	Heart's Needle

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elbert N. Carvel	Politician	9-Feb-1910	6-Feb-2005	Twice Governor of Delaware
Charles Cawley	Business	15-Aug-1940	18-Nov-2015	Cofounder, MBNA Corporation
Howard E. Cosgrove	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Conectiv, 1998-2002
Patrick T. Harker	Educator	19-Nov-1958		President, University of Delaware
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
John A. Krol	Business	16-Oct-1936		CEO of DuPont, 1995-98
Raymond S. Troubh	Business	3-May-1926		Independent Financial Consultant

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis Felton	Basketball	21-Jun-1963		UGA Head Coach
Kevin O'Neill	Basketball	24-Jan-1957		Interim Head Coach, U. of Arizona

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