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Adelphi University

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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Al Davis
Football
4-Jul-1929 8-Oct-2011 Owner of the Oakland Raiders




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