EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Purchase, NY

Founding Date:
1969

Enrollment:
4000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kirk Acevedo	Actor	27-Nov-1974		Oz, Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Robert John Burke	Actor	12-Sep-1960		Fr. Mickey on Rescue Me
DJ Olive	Disc Jockey	?		The Audio Janitor
Susie Essman	Comic	31-May-1955		Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Edie Falco	Actor	5-Jul-1963		The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie
John Fasano	Film/TV Producer	24-Aug-1961	19-Jul-2014	Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
Seth Gilliam	Actor	5-Nov-1968		Carver on The Wire
David Graeber	Anthropologist	12-Feb-1961		Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Hal Hartley	Film Director	3-Nov-1959		Henry Fool
Josh Hartnett	Actor	21-Jul-1978		The Virgin Suicides
David Herman	Actor	20-Feb-1967		MADtv
Zoë Kravitz	Actor	1-Dec-1988		Mad Max: Fury Road
Melissa Leo	Actor	14-Sep-1960		Sgt. Kay Howard on Homicide
Mase	Rapper	27-Aug-1974		Rapper-turned-pastor
Janel Moloney	Actor	3-Oct-1969		Donna Moss on The West Wing
Adam Nagourney	Journalist	10-Oct-1954		New York Times
Parker Posey	Actor	8-Nov-1968		Waiting for Guffman
Stephen Rannazzisi	Actor	4-Jul-1978		Kevin on The League
Ving Rhames	Actor	12-May-1959		Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction
Carl Safina	Author	23-May-1955		Song for the Blue Ocean
Bill Sage	Actor	17-Jul-1962		Simple Men
Jay O. Sanders	Actor	16-Apr-1953		Steve Kordo on Crime Story
Wesley Snipes	Actor	31-Jul-1962		New Jack City
Regina Spektor	Singer/Songwriter	18-Feb-1980		Anti-folk singer
Peter Stormare	Actor	27-Aug-1953		Ran the woodchipper in Fargo
Sherry Stringfield	Actor	24-Jun-1967		Dr. Susan Lewis on ER
Stanley Tucci	Actor	11-Jan-1960		Joe Gould's Secret
Steven Weber	Actor	4-Mar-1961		Brian Hackett on Wings

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aram Avakian	Film Director	23-Apr-1926	17-Jan-1987	End of the Road
Borzou Daragahi	Journalist	c. 1966		Los Angeles Times reporter

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aram Avakian	Film Director	23-Apr-1926	17-Jan-1987	End of the Road
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		EVP at ConAgra

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