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Wesleyan University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Fomerly a Methodist university, until 1937.

Location:
Middletown, CT

Founding Date:
1831

Team:
Cardinals

Enrollment:
2880

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kofi Appenteng
Attorney
14-Jun-1957   Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
Gerald L. Baliles
Politician
8-Jul-1940   Governor of Virginia, 1986-90
John Perry Barlow
Activist
3-Oct-1947   Co-founder, EFF
John D. Bates
Judge
1946   FISA Court Judge
Michael Bay
Film Director
17-Feb-1964   Director, The Rock, Armageddon
Bill Belichick
Football
16-Apr-1952   Head Coach, New England Patriots
David Brancaccio
TV Personality
c. 1960   NOW, Marketplace
L. Dean Brown
Diplomat
21-Aug-1920 2-May-2001 US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73
William Christopher
Actor
20-Oct-1932   Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H
Walter E. Clark
Politician
7-Jan-1869 4-Feb-1950 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13
Kit Clayton
Electronic Musician
1974   Orthlorng Musork
Thomas H. Collins
Military
c. 1946   US Coast Guard Commandant, 2002-06
Walter Cutler
Diplomat
25-Nov-1931   US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Dana Delany
Actor
13-Mar-1956   China Beach, Exit to Eden
Chuck Douglas
Politician
2-Dec-1942   Congressman from New Hampshire, 1989-91
Willie Garson
Actor
1964   Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City
William H. Gass
Novelist
30-Jul-1924   The Tunnel
Robert H. Hayes
Business
c. 1936   Professor at HBS, 1966-2000
Sally Hernandez
Attorney
c. 1952   Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92
John Hickenlooper
Politician
7-Feb-1952   Mayor of Denver
Lester C. Hunt
Politician
8-Jul-1892 19-Jun-1954 US Senator, committed suicide
Robert E. Hunter
Diplomat
c. 1940   US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98
Alberto Ibargüen
Publisher
c. 1944   President of the Knight Foundation
Sebastian Junger
Author
17-Jan-1962   The Perfect Storm
Herb Kelleher
Business
12-Mar-1931   Founder of Southwest Airlines
Arthur Kopit
Playwright
10-May-1937   Mama's Hung You in the Closet
William J. Lansing
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Value Vision Media, 2004-07
Gary W. Loveman
Business
c. 1960   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment
James M. Loy
Military
10-Aug-1942   US Coast Guard Commandant, 1998-2002
Robert Ludlum
Novelist
25-May-1927 12-Mar-2001 Holcroft Covenant
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Eric Mangini
Football
19-Jan-1971   Head Coach, New York Jets
Carola McGiffert
Government
?   Center for Strategic & International Studies
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
Michael S. Roth
Educator
c. 1956   President, Wesleyan University
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Business
20-Oct-1965   CEO of Sun Microsystems
Anthony J. Scirica
Judge
1940   Chief Judge, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank V. Sica
Business
c. 1951   Managing Partner, Tailwind Capital
David Skaggs
Politician
22-Feb-1943   Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99
Tristan Taormino
Columnist
9-May-1971   Anal sex authority
Herbert H. Tate, Jr.
Attorney
22-Feb-1953   President, NJ Board of Public Utilities, 1994-2001
Jon Turteltaub
Film Director
8-Aug-1963   National Treasure
Kim Wayans
Actor
16-Oct-1961   A Wayans sister
Joss Whedon
Film/TV Producer
23-Jun-1964   Creator of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly
Bradley Whitford
Actor
10-Oct-1959   The West Wing
Henry M. Wriston
Educator
4-Jul-1889 7-Mar-1978 President of Brown University, 1937-55
Walter B. Wriston
Business
3-Aug-1919 19-Jan-2005 CEO of Citibank, 1967-84
Stephen M. Young
Diplomat
1952   Director of the American Institute in Taiwan
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Reginald Bartholomew
Diplomat
17-Feb-1936   US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97
Anthony Braxton
Jazz Musician
4-Jun-1945   Inventive jazz multi-instrumentalist
Norman O. Brown
Historian
25-Sep-1913 2-Oct-2002 Life Against Death
Annie Dillard
Author
30-Oct-1945   Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Leslie H. Gelb
Government
4-Mar-1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003
Clarence D. Long
Politician
11-Dec-1908 18-Sep-1994 Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85
Alvin Lucier
Composer
14-May-1931   Is sitting in a room
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Arno J. Mayer
Historian
19-Jun-1926   Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist
Nathan M. Pusey
Educator
4-Apr-1907 14-Nov-2001 President of Harvard, 1953-71
Richard Wilbur
Poet
1-Mar-1921   Second U.S. Poet Laureate
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
Henry M. Wriston
Educator
4-Jul-1889 7-Mar-1978 President of Brown University, 1937-55

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kofi Appenteng
Attorney
14-Jun-1957   Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
Sally Hernandez
Attorney
c. 1952   Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92
Michael S. Roth
Educator
c. 1956   President, Wesleyan University
Frank V. Sica
Business
c. 1951   Managing Partner, Tailwind Capital
David Skaggs
Politician
22-Feb-1943   Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000


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