EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Flagship school of the University of Massachusetts, founded 1863 as Massachusetts Agricultural College. Name changed to Massachusetts State College in 1931.

Location:
Amherst, MA

Founding Date:
1863

Team:
Minutemen

Mascot:
Minuteman

Radio Station:
WMUA 91.1 FM

Enrollment:
25,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Norm Abram	TV Personality	1950		Master carpenter, This Old House
Robert Band	Business	c. 1947		President of Perini Corporation
Herbert P. Bix	Historian	1938		Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Kevin Chapman	Actor	?		Det. Fusco on Person of Interest
Rob Corddry	Comic	4-Feb-1971		The Daily Show
Jeff Corwin	TV Personality	11-Jul-1967		Animal Planet host
Kathleen A. Cote	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Worldport Communications, 2001-03
Jeffrey Donovan	Actor	11-May-1968		Michael Westen on Burn Notice
Jeffery M. Dorwart	Historian	1944		The Pigtail War
John G. Drosdick	Business	9-Aug-1943		CEO of Sunoco, 2000-08
Christopher F. Egan	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to OECD
Kenneth Feinberg	Government	23-Oct-1945		Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster
Mark N. Greene	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Fair Isaac
Brian Helgeland	Screenwriter	17-Jan-1961		A Knight's Tale
Russell A. Hulse	Physicist	28-Nov-1950		Co-Discovered first binary pulsar
Thomas C. Krajeski	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Yemen, 2004-07
J Mascis	Musician	10-Dec-1965		Frontman for Dinosaur Jr.
Vivek Paul	Business	1958		Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005
Rick Pitino	Basketball	18-Sep-1952		Head Coach, University of Louisville
Stephen A. Seche	Diplomat	c. 1952		US Ambassador to Yemen
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Billy Taylor	Jazz Musician	24-Jul-1921	28-Dec-2010	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Peter G. Torkildsen	Politician	28-Jan-1958		Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97
Jack Welch	Business	19-Nov-1935		CEO of GE, 1981-2001

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chinua Achebe	Novelist	16-Nov-1930	22-Mar-2013	Things Fall Apart
Sheila C. Bair	Government	c. 1953		FDIC Chairman
Paul S. Boyer	Historian	2-Aug-1935	17-Mar-2012	When Time Shall Be No More
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Peter H. Irons	Activist	11-Aug-1940		A People's History of the Supreme Court
John V. Lombardi	Educator	1942		President, Louisiana State University
Michael E. Mann	Physicist	28-Dec-1965		Climate change scientist
Lynn Margulis	Biologist	5-Mar-1935	22-Nov-2011	Origin of eukaryotic organelles
John Olver	Politician	3-Sep-1936		Congressman, Massachusetts 1st
Archie Shepp	Jazz Musician	24-May-1937		Jazz tenor saxophonist
James Tate	Poet	8-Dec-1943	8-Jul-2015	The Lost Pilot
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.	Astronomer	24-Mar-1941		Co-Discovered first binary pulsar
William Julius Wilson	Sociologist	20-Dec-1935		Poverty in America's inner cities

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John V. Lombardi	Educator	1942		President, Louisiana State University
Andrew A. Sorensen	Educator	20-Jul-1938	17-Apr-2011	President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08
Jack M. Wilson	Educator	c. 1945		President, University of Massachusetts

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Calipari	Basketball	10-Feb-1959		Head Coach, University of Kentucky
Dick MacPherson	Football	4-Nov-1930		Syracuse Head Coach, 1981-90

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