EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of Southern Illinois University.

Location:
Carbondale, IL

Founding Date:
1869

Team:
Salukis

Enrollment:
21,500

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hannibal Buress	Comic	4-Feb-1983		Stand-up comic, onetime SNL writer
Roland W. Burris	Politician	8-Aug-1937		US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10
Diane Suitt Gilleland	Educator	c. 1946		University of Arkansas Dept. of Higher Education
Peter Michael Goetz	Actor	10-Dec-1941		Chuck Cavanaugh on The Cavanaughs
James M. Rosser	Educator	c. 1940		President, Cal State Los Angeles
Joe Swanberg	Film Director	31-Aug-1981		Drinking Buddies

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
R. Buckminster Fuller	Architect	12-Jul-1895	1-Jul-1983	Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
James M. Rosser	Educator	c. 1940		President, Cal State Los Angeles

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Caldwell	Football	16-Jan-1955		Detroit Lions coach

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