EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1927 as the Junior College of Connecticut. Owned by the Unification Church since 1992. Once had enrollment of over 9000 students, now much diminished. Already in financial difficulties, the university was sold to the Moonies' "Professors World Peace Academy" in exchange for $68M in "forgivable loans", after which much of what remained of the faculty left.

Location:
Bridgeport, CT

Founding Date:
1927

Team:
Purple Knights

Enrollment:
1200

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Bailey	Business	c. 1957		CEO of PMC-Sierra
Manute Bol	Basketball	16-Oct-1962	19-Jun-2010	Seven foot seven
Fred Heineman	Politician	28-Dec-1929	20-Mar-2010	Congressman from North Carolina, 1995-97
Mary Peters	Government	4-Dec-1948		US Secretary of Transportation, 2006-09
Andy Robustelli	Football	6-Dec-1925	31-May-2011	Hall of Fame Defensive End
Faisal Shahzad	Terrorist	30-Jul-1979		Attempted Times Square bombing
Bill Smitrovich	Actor	16-May-1947		Andrew Thacher on Life Goes On
Robert E. Switz	Business	c. 1946		CEO of ADC Telecommunications

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lawrence S. Kaplan	Historian	28-Oct-1924		NATO and the United States

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elliott P. Skinner	Scholar	20-Jun-1924	1-Apr-2007	US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69

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