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Ones I can think of:
About half the 1980 US Olympic team that beat Russia (including Mike Eruzione and Jim Craig) Keith Tkachuk Tony Amonte Chris Drury Mike Grier Tom Poti Rick Dipietro Jason Alexander (George on Seinfeld) Howard Stern Bill O'Reilly Julianne Moore Martin Luther King got his doctorate from the school It's early, that's all I can think of right now. |
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From UCF:
Daunte Culpepper, Quarterback, Minnesota Vikings Ericka Dunlap, Miss America 2004 Eduardo Sanchez, Daniel Myrick, Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie and Michael Monello - Creators of "The Blair Witch Project" Cari Coats, former vice president, Orlando Magic, RDV Sports George Kalogridis, president, Disneyland Rick Walsh, senior vice president, Darden Restaurants, Inc. Marla Weech, anchor, WFTV-Channel 9, Orlando |
There is only 1 from my school, that I am aware of..
Plymouth State University (was College when he graduated): Ed Carroll, meterologist from CBS 4 in Boston http://cbs4boston.com/bios/local_bio_052120833/ He's also a Kappa Delta Phi brother. |
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Seriously, Joel. WTH do you get this information? Nowhere in any information I've found said Iowa State denied GWC admission. And can you post anything without always facking editorializing? Jaysus.
Some more famous Iowa State Alumni: Carrie Chapman Catt (also a member of Pi Beta Phi) Henry Wallace Mallory from Real World Paris (only for a semester, though) Cael Sanderson Dan Gable Fred "The Mayor" Hoiberg Robert L. Bartley (editor of The Wall Street Journal, also a Sigma Phi Epsilon) Mildred Day (co-creator of the recipe for Rice Krispie Treats) |
This is right from The University of Guelph website.
Notable Guelph Alumni 1906: Harvey R. MacMillan, built the global forestry business MacMillan Bloedel 1910: Francis (Frank) Schofield, veterinarian, recipient of the Republic of Korea Median and the Order of Merit 1931: John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard University economist, recipient of the Order of Canada 1950: Ken Murray, CEO J.M. Schneider Inc. (retired), recipient of the Order of Canada 1952: Jean Steckle, recipient of the UN Medal (1995) for career work with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in West Africa 1956: Lorna Milne, Canadian senator 1957: Suzanne Francis, with pairs skating partner Wallace Distelmayer, the first to perform the death spiral in competition; world and Olympic bronze medalists, 1948 1966: Lyle Vanclief, federal minister of agriculture 1968: Roberta Bondar, female Canadian astronaut, payload specialist 1992 shuttle Discovery 1971: Donald Ziraldo, founder and CEO Inniskillin Wines Jane Urquhart, author, recipient of Canadian Governor-Generals' Award for fiction 1977: Peter Vaughan, CEO Canadian Medical Association Vandanah Shiva, Director of India's Research Foundation of Science and Technology 1978: Brian Evans, Canada's chief veterinary officer 1982: Helen Murphy, senior vice-president, Polygram International, New York 1994: Mike O'Shea, Canadian Football League rookie of the year (1993, Hamilton Tiger-Cats) David Urban, internationally exhibiting painter 1997: Cassie Campbell, Captain, 2002 Olympic gold-medal Canadian women's national hockey team 1998: Marty Beecroft, recipient of 2000 Genie Award 1999: Nancy Sweetnam, purchasing coordinator, Quaker Oats Co. of Canada 2001: Alison Bachlet, one of eleven Canadian Rhodes Scholars (2001) |
Notable U of T Alum: What Rob said :) (Rob, wasn't Pearson Greek? I'm pretty sure the Canadian Greeks site said that he was a DU)
Notable Queen's Alum include (this list only includes those in Arts and Science. Commerce, Engineering, Law and Meds not included): Wendy Crewson (actress) Dean Armstrong (actor, on TV's Queer as Folk) Michael Ondaatje (author of books such as The English Patient...he did his undergrad at U of T) Robertson Davies (author of books such as Fifth Business and Tempest-Tost--did not graduate) Ashleigh Banfield (news anchor) Jeffrey Simpson (newspaper columnist) Jimm Cuddy of Blue Rodeo Rob Baker of the Tragically Hip The rest of the list is found here: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/alumni/notablealumni.html A name not listed up there is Gemma Zamprogna, who played Felicity on The Road to Avonlea. Also, Rachel Blanchard of tv's 7th Heaven apparently spent a year at Queen's before heading to LA. |
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Famous University of Oklahoma alumni:
James Garner (originally James Bumgarner) - actor J.C. Watts - former U.S. congressman Ross Swimmer - past Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (and an Alpha Sig!) Joe Smalley - former speaker of the Oklahoma state assembly and later state senator. (Another Alpha Sig.) Bart Conner Kerri Strug Billy Sims |
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Notable Marquette alumni (not including men who have just coached here or eaten lunch on campus like all of the Democratic Presidential Candidates this year, or gotten honorary degrees, like Martin Sheen for his involvement with the Catholic Worker Movement):
Joseph McCarthy, Senator (more infamous than anything) Gail Collins, editorial page editor for the NY Times Steve Rushin, columnist for SI Bob Harlan, president of the Green Bay Pakcers Darren Jackson, CFO and VP of Best Buy Wayne Sanders, former chairman of Kimberly-Clark John Stollenwerk, president and CEO of Allen-Edmonds Edward Brannen, past chairman of Sears Roebuck Richard Burke, founder of Trek Bicycle Rudolf "Rudy" Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, Democrat Donald A. Manzullo, U. S. Representative, Republican George Andrie, acclaimed Dallas Cowboys player Don Kojis, two-time NBA All-Star Maurice Lucas, won 1977 NBA Championship with Portland Ralph Metcalfe, US Olympian, U. S. Representative Tom Keegan, Author, Journalist, Radio Personality Chris Farley, the late actor Les Aspin, Sec of Defense under Clinton (he was a DU) |
Among many, many others -- the University of Wisconsin, those who attended (although not all for undergrad):
Joan Cusack Lorraine Hansbury (who wrote "Raisin in the Sun") bell hooks Steve Miller (of the Steve Miller Band) Joyce Carol Oates Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (who wrote "The Yearling") Butch Vig, the music producer Eudora Welty Frank Lloyd Wright Bud Selig Dick Cheney (LOL, I was surprised to find this out) Robert M. La Follette current Wisconsin senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold Tommy Thompson, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services Greta Van Susteren Abraham Maslow (anybody who's studied psych knows the "heirarchy of needs" pyramid ;) ) |
The Indigo Girls graduated from Emory one and two years before I did.
And Kenneth Cole, though I'm not sure when. |
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