CITY

Official Website:
http://www.syracuse.ny.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.syracusechamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitsyracuse.org/

Population:
147306 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1786

County:
Onondaga County

County seat of Onondaga County, founded 1786 as Webster's Landing.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Syracuse Post-Standard

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Le Moyne College	1946
Syracuse University	1870

ZOO

Zoo	Founded
Rosamond Gifford Zoo	1914

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Hiscock & Barclay	1855

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Keith B. Alexander	Military	1952		Former Director of U.S. National Security Agency
Jeff Altman	Comic	13-Aug-1951		Pink Lady and Jeff
Dylan Baker	Actor	7-Oct-1959		Murder One
Catherine Bertini	Administrator	31-Mar-1950		World Food Programme, 1992-2002
Rory Cochrane	Actor	28-Feb-1972		Tim Speedle on CSI: Miami
Michael Cole	TV Personality	8-Dec-1968		WWE Announcer
John T. Connor	Business	3-Nov-1914	6-Oct-2000	CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Peter Dalton Constable	Diplomat	10-Apr-1932		US Ambassador to Zaire, 1982-84
Tom Cruise	Actor	3-Jul-1962		Flamboyant Scientologist
Robert E. Dineen, Jr.	Attorney	1940		Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Robert F. Engle III	Economist	10-Nov-1942		Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Thom Filicia	TV Personality	17-May-1968		Interior Design Queer Eye guy
Bobcat Goldthwait	Comic	26-May-1962		Shakes the Clown
Duke Guider	Business	10-Mar-1900	18-Jan-1968	Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo
Theodore Hesburgh	Educator	25-May-1917	26-Feb-2015	President, University of Notre Dame, 1952-87
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
Megyn Kelly	Journalist	18-Nov-1970		Fox News Channel anchor
Tom Kenny	Comic	13-Jul-1962		Mr. Show, SpongeBob SquarePants
Doris Kenyon	Actor	5-Sep-1897	1-Sep-1979	Counsellor at Law
Carolyn D. King	Judge	30-Jan-1938		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Quentin Kopp	Politician	11-Aug-1928		California politician and judge
Eric Lichtblau	Journalist	c. 1965		NY Times reporter
Tod Lindberg	Columnist	1960		Policy Review editor
Gary Lucas	Guitarist	c. 1952		Avant-guitarist, Magic Band alumnus
William Lundigan	Actor	12-Jun-1914	20-Dec-1975	Men Into Space
Dan Maffei	Politician	4-Jul-1968		Congressman from New York, 2009-11
Terry McAuliffe	Politician	9-Feb-1957		Governor of Virginia
Louis Menand	Critic	21-Jan-1952		The Metaphysical Club
Johnny Messner	Actor	11-Apr-1970		Det. Jack Hale on Killer Instinct
James Nachtwey	Photographer	14-Mar-1948		War photographer
H. John Riley, Jr.	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005
Rod Serling	Author	25-Dec-1924	28-Jun-1975	Creator of The Twilight Zone
Craig Shirley	Government	24-Sep-1956		Conservative PR man
Jimmy Van Heusen	Composer	26-Jan-1913	7-Feb-1990	Call Me Irresponsible
Jim Walsh	Politician	19-Jun-1947		Congressman from New York, 1989-2009
John Walsh	TV Personality	26-Dec-1945		America's Most Wanted
Craig E. Weatherup	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, 1999-2003
Edward Noyes Westcott	Novelist	27-Sep-1846	31-Mar-1898	David Harum
Frank Whaley	Actor	20-Jul-1963		The Jimmy Show
John P. White	Government	27-Feb-1937		US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97
George C. Wortley	Politician	8-Dec-1926	21-Jan-2014	Congressman from New York, 1981-89

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dolph Schayes	Basketball	19-May-1928	10-Dec-2015	NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Edwin Vose Sumner	Military	30-Jan-1797	21-Mar-1863	Union Army General
Edward Noyes Westcott	Novelist	27-Sep-1846	31-Mar-1898	David Harum

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