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University of New Mexico
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Founding Date:
1889 Motto:
Lux Hominum Vita Team:
Lobos Enrollment:
24,000 Official Website:
http://www.unm.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Edward Abbey |
Author |
29-Jan-1927 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Desert Solitaire |
| Rudolfo Anaya |
Author |
30-Oct-1937 |
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Bless Me, Ultima |
| Jerry Apodaca |
Politician |
3-Oct-1934 |
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Governor of New Mexico, 1975-79 |
| Oscar L. Chapman |
Government |
22-Oct-1896 |
8-Feb-1978 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53 |
| Edward L. Chavez |
Judge |
c. 1956 |
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New Mexico Chief Justice |
| Martin Chavez |
Politician |
1952 |
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Mayor of Albuquerque |
| Joe F. Colvin |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Henry Crumpton |
Government |
? |
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Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2005-07 |
| Mel Daniels |
Basketball |
20-Jul-1944 |
30-Oct-2015 |
ABA Hall-of-Famer |
| Diane Denish |
Politician |
c. 1950 |
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Lt. Governor of New Mexico |
| Pete Domenici |
Politician |
7-May-1932 |
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US Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009 |
| Richard W. Douglas |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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The Staubach Company |
| Lois Duncan |
Author |
28-Apr-1934 |
15-Jun-2016 |
I Know What You Did Last Summer |
| Larry EchoHawk |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
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Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| Joy Harjo |
Poet |
9-May-1951 |
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The Last Song |
| Martin Heinrich |
Politician |
17-Oct-1971 |
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Congressman, New Mexico 1st |
| Tony Hillerman |
Novelist |
27-May-1925 |
26-Oct-2008 |
Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation |
| Shirley Hufstedler |
Judge |
24-Aug-1925 |
30-Mar-2016 |
US Secretary of Education, 1979-81 |
| David Iglesias |
Government |
c. 1962 |
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US Attorney, New Mexico, 2001-06 |
| William H. Itoh |
Diplomat |
30-May-1943 |
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US Ambassador to Thailand, 1996-99 |
| Gary Johnson |
Politician |
1-Jan-1953 |
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Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003 |
| L. Daniel Jorndt |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Walgreens, 1998-2002 |
| Bruce King |
Politician |
6-Apr-1924 |
13-Nov-2009 |
Three-time Governor of New Mexico |
| Brian Levant |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1952 |
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Jingle All the Way |
| Edward Lewis |
Publisher |
15-May-1940 |
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Founder of Essence magazine |
| Ben R. Luján |
Politician |
7-Jun-1972 |
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Congressman, New Mexico 3rd |
| Joe Maloof |
Business |
15-Nov-1955 |
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Las Vegas entrepreneur |
| Penny Marshall |
Actor |
15-Oct-1942 |
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Laverne on Laverne and Shirley |
| Jerry McNerney |
Politician |
18-Jun-1951 |
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Congressman, California 11th |
| Robert L. Mercer |
Business |
11-Jul-1946 |
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Hedge fund billionaire |
| N. Scott Momaday |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1934 |
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House Made of Dawn |
| Francine I. Neff |
Government |
6-Dec-1925 |
9-Feb-2010 |
US Treasurer, 1974-77 |
| James E. Oberg |
Historian |
7-Nov-1944 |
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Space exploration historian |
| E. J. Peaker |
Actor |
22-Feb-1944 |
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Hello, Dolly! |
| Louis A. Pérez, Jr. |
Historian |
5-Jun-1943 |
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Cuba Between Empires, 1878-1902 |
| Henry M. Rivera |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1947 |
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FCC Commissioner, 1981-85 |
| Frank Shorter |
Track and Field |
31-Oct-1947 |
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Marathon runner |
| James P. Simmons |
Business |
9-Nov-1924 |
7-Aug-2013 |
James P. Simmons & Associates |
| Kim Stanley |
Actor |
11-Feb-1925 |
20-Aug-2001 |
Seance on a Wet Afternoon |
| Jeffry E. Sterba |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of PNM Resources |
| Kathleen Kennedy Townsend |
Politician |
4-Jul-1951 |
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Lt. Governor of Maryland, 1995-2003 |
| Gloria Tristani |
Government |
20-Dec-1953 |
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FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001 |
| Tom Udall |
Politician |
18-May-1948 |
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US Senator from New Mexico |
| Brian Urlacher |
Football |
25-May-1978 |
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Chicago Bears linebacker |
| Linda E. Watt |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
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US Ambassador to Panama, 2002-05 |
| Walter Jon Williams |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1953 |
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Hardwired |
| Joel-Peter Witkin |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1939 |
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Photographer of the macabre |
| Douglas Woolf |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1922 |
18-Jan-1992 |
Fade Out |
| Ken Zangara |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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Albuquerque car dealer |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jerry Apodaca |
Politician |
3-Oct-1934 |
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Governor of New Mexico, 1975-79 |
| Louis Caldera |
Government |
1-Apr-1956 |
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US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001 |
| Mary Sue Coleman |
Educator |
2-Oct-1943 |
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President, University of Michigan |
| Jane E. Henney |
Doctor |
c. 1947 |
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FDA Commissioner, 1998-2001 |
| David J. Schmidly |
Educator |
1943 |
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President, University of New Mexico |
COACHES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Steve Alford |
Basketball |
23-Nov-1964 |
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Head Coach, UCLA |
| Dennis Franchione |
Football |
28-Mar-1951 |
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Texas A&M Head Coach, 2003-07 |
| Marv Levy |
Football |
3-Aug-1925 |
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NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach |
| Marvin Lewis |
Football |
23-Sep-1958 |
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Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals |
| Bronco Mendenhall |
Football |
21-Feb-1966 |
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Football Coach, University of Virginia |
| Joe Morrison |
Football |
21-Aug-1937 |
5-Feb-1989 |
NY Giant, Gamecocks Coach |
| Gary Patterson |
Football |
13-Feb-1960 |
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Head Coach, Texas Christian |
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