EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Garden City, NY

Founding Date:
24-Jun-1896

Motto:
Vita sine litteris mors est

Enrollment:
8000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brad Blakeman	Government	1-Sep-1958		Republican strategist
Richard W. Boehm	Diplomat	25-Jun-1926	28-Nov-2011	US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92
Chuck D	Rapper	1-Aug-1960		The rhyme animal
Thomas J. Donohue	Business	1938		US Chamber of Commerce
Meredith Eaton	Actor	26-Aug-1974		Dwarf actress
Paul Ekman	Psychologist	15-Feb-1934		Facial Action Coding System
Colin Ferguson	Criminal	14-Jan-1958		Long Island Railroad Massacre
Alice Hoffman	Novelist	16-Mar-1952		Property Of
Gregory Meeks	Politician	25-Sep-1953		Congressman, New York 6th
John J. Phelan, Jr.	Business	7-May-1931	4-Aug-2012	CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Lee Philips	Film Director	10-Jan-1927	3-Mar-1999	TV movie director
Frederic V. Salerno	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Verizon, 2000-02
Edolphus Towns	Politician	21-Jul-1934		Congressman, New York 10th
Robert B. Willumstad	Business	c. 1946		CEO of American International Group, 2008
John D. Wren	Business	26-Mar-1952		CEO of Omnicom Group
Lawrence A. Zimmerman	Business	c. 1943		CFO of Xerox

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sean Dennis Cashman	Historian	18-Sep-1943		America in the Gilded Age
Jonathan Goldsmith	Actor	26-Sep-1938		The Most Interesting Man in the World
Frances Perkins	Government	10-Apr-1882	14-May-1965	First female US cabinet member

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sean Dennis Cashman	Historian	18-Sep-1943		America in the Gilded Age
Milton Frank	Diplomat	18-Nov-1919	13-Jan-1993	US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89
Matthew Goldstein	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor of CUNY
N. Gerry House	Educator	c. 1947		Institute for Student Achievement
John Silber	Educator	15-Aug-1926	27-Sep-2012	President of Boston University, 1971-96
Robert B. Willumstad	Business	c. 1946		CEO of American International Group, 2008

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Al Davis	Football	4-Jul-1929	8-Oct-2011	Owner of the Oakland Raiders

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