EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Flagship school of the University of Massachusetts, founded 1863 as Massachusetts Agricultural College. Name changed to Massachusetts State College in 1931.

Location:
Amherst, MA

Founding Date:
1863

Mascot:
Minuteman

Radio Station:
WMUA 91.1 FM

Enrollment:
25,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Norm Abram	TV Personality	1950		Master carpenter, This Old House
Robert Band	Business	c. 1947		President of Perini Corporation
Rob Corddry	Comic	4-Feb-1971		The Daily Show
Jeff Corwin	TV Personality	11-Jul-1967		Animal Planet host
Kathleen A. Cote	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Worldport Communications, 2001-03
Jeffrey Donovan	Actor	11-May-1968		Purpose
John G. Drosdick	Business	9-Aug-1943		CEO of Sunoco
Mark N. Greene	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Fair Isaac
Russell A. Hulse	Astronomer	28-Nov-1950		Co-Discovered first pulsar
Thomas C. Krajeski	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Yemen
Vivek Paul	Business	1958		Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005
Rick Pitino	Basketball	18-Sep-1952		Head Coach, University of Louisville
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Peter G. Torkildsen	Politician	28-Jan-1958		Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sheila C. Bair	Government	c. 1953		FDIC Chairman
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
John V. Lombardi	Educator	1942		President, Louisiana State University
John Olver	Politician	3-Sep-1936		Congressman, Massachusetts 1st
Archie Shepp	Jazz Musician	24-May-1937		Jazz tenor saxophonist
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.	Astronomer	24-Mar-1941		Co-Discovered first pulsar
William Julius Wilson	Sociologist	20-Dec-1935		The Declining Significance of Race

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John V. Lombardi	Educator	1942		President, Louisiana State University
Andrew A. Sorensen	Educator	c. 1940		President, University of South Carolina

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Calipari	Basketball	10-Feb-1959		Head Coach, University of Memphis
Dick MacPherson	Football	1930		Syracuse Head Coach, 1981-90

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