EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Detroit, MI

Founding Date:
1868

Team:
Warriors

Enrollment:
31,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard A. Abdoo	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Wisconsin Energy, 1991-2004
Dennis Archer	Politician	1-Jan-1942		Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
Richard C. Barkley	Diplomat	23-Dec-1932		US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90
Christopher J. Birosak	Business	c. 1957		Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Tony Brown	Talk Show Host	11-Apr-1933		Host of Tony Brown's Journal
Wayne A. Budd	Attorney	18-Nov-1941		Partner, Goodwin Procter
Donald Byrd	Jazz Musician	9-Dec-1932		Hard bop trumpeter
Jeffrey A. Connelly	Business	c. 1943		Former EVP, Coastal Corporation
John Conyers	Politician	16-May-1929		Congressman, Michigan 14th
Gary P. Coughlan	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001
Hugh Downs	Journalist	14-Feb-1921		20/20
Wayne Dyer	Religion	10-May-1940		The father of motivation
Keith Ellison	Politician	4-Aug-1963		Congressman, Minnesota 5th
Chad Everett	Actor	11-Jun-1936		Dr. Joe Gannon, Medical Center
David E. Fry	Business	c. 1942		President of Northwood University, 1982-2006
Yousif B. Ghafari	Business	27-Sep-1952		US Ambassador to Slovenia
Gerald Greenwald	Business	11-Sep-1935		CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99
Robert Hayden	Poet	4-Aug-1913	25-Feb-1980	Words in the Mourning Time
Dennis M. Hertel	Politician	7-Dec-1948		Congressman from Michigan, 1981-93
Ernie Hudson	Actor	17-Dec-1945		Warden Glenn on Oz
Charlayne Hunter-Gault	TV Personality	27-Feb-1942		NPR, NewsHour reporter
Art James	Game Show Host	15-Oct-1929	28-Mar-2004	Announcer for Concentration
Michael M. E. Johns	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor, Emory University
Casey Kasem	Radio Personality	27-Apr-1932		American Top 40 Countdown
Thorsten Kaye	Actor	22-Feb-1966		All My Children
Marilyn Kelly	Judge	15-Apr-1938		Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
John Kluge	Business	21-Sep-1914		Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
Philip Levine	Poet	10-Jan-1928		What Work Is
Jack H. McDonald	Politician	28-Jun-1932		Congressman from Michigan, 1967-73
S. Epatha Merkerson	Actor	28-Nov-1952		Lt. Van Buren on Law & Order
Elvis Mitchell	Critic	1958		Mumbling ex-New York Times film critic
Kenya Moore	Actor	24-Jan-1971		Miss USA for 1993
Lawrence J. Murphy	Business	c. 1942		Core Industries
Daniel A. O'Donohue	Diplomat	27-Oct-1931		US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91
Gary Peters	Politician	1-Dec-1958		Congressman, Michigan 9th
Richard J. Peters	Business	c. 1948		President of Penske Corporation, 2000-02
Sidney A. Ribeau	Educator	c. 1947		President of Howard University
Lynn N. Rivers	Politician	19-Dec-1956		Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003
Vesta Roy	Politician	26-Mar-1925	8-Feb-2002	Governor of New Hampshire, 1982-83
Robert L. Ryan	Business	c. 1943		CFO of Medtronic, 1993-2005
Joe Schwarz	Politician	15-Nov-1937		Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07
Francis J. Sehn	Business	c. 1919		The Fran Sehn Company
Tom Sizemore	Actor	29-Nov-1961		Heat, Robbery Homicide Division
Tom Skerritt	Actor	25-Aug-1933		Viper in Top Gun
Jeffrey Tambor	Actor	8-Jul-1944		Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show
Deborah Tannen	Linguist	7-Jun-1951		You Just Don't Understand
Peter B. Teeley	Diplomat	12-Jan-1940		US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93
Helen Thomas	Journalist	4-Aug-1920		White House reporter since 1961
Lily Tomlin	Actor	1-Sep-1939		Laugh-In
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully	Activist	15-Dec-1925	27-Dec-2003	Feminism activist
Reginald M. Turner, Jr.	Attorney	1960		Partner, Clark Hill
Michael Tylo	Actor	16-Oct-1948		Guiding Light
James H. Vandenberghe	Business	c. 1949		Vice Chairman of Lear
Michael A. Volkema	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Herman Miller, 1995-2004
Morry Weiss	Business	1940		CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003
Joseph Weizenbaum	Computer Programmer	8-Jan-1923	5-Mar-2008	ELIZA

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis Archer	Politician	1-Jan-1942		Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
John Berryman	Poet	25-Oct-1914	7-Jan-1972	Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
Herbert C. Brown	Chemist	22-May-1912	19-Dec-2004	Discovered organoboranes
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory
Daniel Keyes	Novelist	9-Aug-1927		Flowers for Algernon
Keith Lehrer	Philosopher	10-Jan-1936		Metamind
Gary Peters	Politician	1-Dec-1958		Congressman, Michigan 9th
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System
W. D. Snodgrass	Poet	5-Jan-1926	13-Jan-2009	Heart's Needle
Anna Diggs Taylor	Judge	9-Dec-1932		Federal judge
Robert P. Young, Jr.	Judge	c. 1952		Justice, Michigan Supreme Court

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard M. Gabrys	Business	c. 1942		Deloitte & Touche
Marilyn Kelly	Judge	15-Apr-1938		Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System
Irvin D. Reid	Educator	21-Feb-1941		President, Wayne State University
Alan E. Schwartz	Attorney	1925		Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

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