EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Storrs, CT

Founding Date:
1881

Team:
Huskies

Mascot:
Jonathan the Husky

Enrollment:
20,200

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ray Allen	Basketball	20-Jul-1975		Miami Heat shooting guard
Ann Beattie	Author	8-Sep-1947		Chilly Scenes of Winter
Michael Bergin	Actor	19-Mar-1969		J.D. on Baywatch
Phyllis O. Bonanno	Business	c. 1943		International Trade Solutions, Inc.
Joseph R. Bronson	Business	c. 1948		President and COO of Sanmina-SCI
Tansu Ciller	Politician	9-Oct-1946		Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96
John A. Cloud	Diplomat	c. 1952		US Ambassador to Lithuania
Caroline B. Cooney	Novelist	10-May-1947		Juvenile novelist, Rear View Mirror
Joe Courtney	Politician	6-Apr-1953		Congressman, Connecticut 2nd
Scott S. Cowen	Educator	c. 1946		President, Tulane University
Emilio Daddario	Politician	24-Sep-1918	6-Jul-2010	Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71
Bob Diamond	Business	27-Jul-1951		Group CEO at Barclays, 2011-12
Jeffery M. Dorwart	Historian	1944		The Pigtail War
Kirk Ferentz	Football	1-Aug-1955		Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach
David Gates	Novelist	8-Jan-1947		Jernigan
Sam Gejdenson	Politician	20-May-1948		Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001
Robert Giaimo	Politician	15-Oct-1919	24-May-2006	Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81
Matthew Goldstein	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor of CUNY
Ben Gordon	Basketball	4-Apr-1983		Chicago Bulls
Barbara J. Griffiths	Diplomat	1-Aug-1949		US Ambassador to Iceland, 1999-2002
Robert P. Hunter	Activist	23-Aug-1940		Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Robert D. Kaplan	Journalist	23-Jun-1952		Balkan Ghosts
Joette Katz	Judge	3-Feb-1953		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Dan Lauria	Actor	12-Apr-1947		Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years
David M. Lee	Physicist	20-Jan-1931		Superfluidity of helium-3
Jeremy Leven	Film Director	1941		Don Juan DeMarco
Gerald M. Lieberman	Business	?		President of AllianceBernstein
Sanford M. Litvack	Attorney	c. 1937		General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Lauralee E. Martin	Business	c. 1951		COO of Jones Lang LaSalle
Bobbie Ann Mason	Novelist	1-May-1940		In Country
Thomas J. Meskill	Politician	30-Jan-1928	29-Oct-2007	Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75
Moby	Electronic Musician	11-Sep-1965		Play
Christopher Murphy	Politician	3-Aug-1973		Congressman, Connecticut 5th
John Niven	Historian	26-Oct-1921	14-Aug-1997	John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union
Emeka Okafor	Basketball	28-Sep-1982		NBA forward/center
Ron Palillo	Actor	2-Apr-1949	14-Aug-2012	Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter
Richard N. Palmer	Judge	27-May-1950		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Tom Penders	Basketball	23-May-1945		NCAA Basketball Coach
Ann Petry	Novelist	12-Oct-1908	28-Apr-1997	The Street
Rosemary S. Pooler	Judge	21-Jun-1938		2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
William R. Ratchford	Politician	24-May-1934	2-Jan-2011	Congressman from Connecticut, 1979-85
Philip R. Roberts	Business	18-Feb-1942		Roberts Ventures, LLC
Stuart Rothenberg	Publisher	c. 1948		Rothenberg Political Report
Ronald A. Sarasin	Politician	31-Dec-1934		Congressman from Connecticut, 1973-79
Irwin Schiff	Activist	24-Feb-1928	16-Oct-2015	US income tax protester
Rob Simmons	Politician	11-Feb-1943		Congressman from Connecticut, 2001-07
John A. Somers	Business	c. 1944		Former EVP, TIAA
Kevin B. Sullivan	Politician	c. 1949		Lt. Governor of Connecticut, 2003-07
Peter Tesei	Politician	c. 1969		First Selectman of Greenwich, CT
Tony Todd	Actor	4-Dec-1954		Candyman
William L. Trubeck	Business	c. 1947		CFO of H&R Block, 2004-07
Paige Turco	Actor	17-May-1965		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Christine S. Vertefeuille	Judge	10-Dec-1950		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Dona D. Young	Business	8-Jan-1954		CEO of Phoenix Companies
William Zeliff	Politician	12-Jun-1936		Congressman from New Hampshire, 1991-97

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chinua Achebe	Novelist	16-Nov-1930	22-Mar-2013	Things Fall Apart
David M. Borden	Judge	4-Aug-1937		Justice, CT Supreme Court, 1990-2007
Matthew Goldstein	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor of CUNY
Jerry Hadley	Singer	16-Jun-1952	18-Jul-2007	Operatic tenor
Joette Katz	Judge	3-Feb-1953		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Dan Malloy	Politician	21-Jul-1955		Governor of Connecticut
Ron Palillo	Actor	2-Apr-1949	14-Aug-2012	Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William R. Berkley	Business	c. 1944		CEO of W. R. Berkley
John T. Casteen III	Educator	11-Dec-1943		President, University of Virginia
Mark Emmert	Educator	16-Dec-1952		President, University of Washington
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Michael J. Hogan	Educator	1943		President, University of Connecticut
William Curt Hunter	Educator	c. 1948		Dean of Business, University of Iowa
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System
John W. Rowe	Business	20-Jun-1944		CEO of Aetna, 2000-06

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Calhoun	Basketball	10-May-1942		UConn Head Coach
Randy Edsall	Football	27-Aug-1958		Head Coach, University of Connecticut
Lou Holtz	Football	6-Jan-1937		Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004
Dave Leitao	Basketball	18-May-1960		Head Coach, University of Virginia
John J. McLaughry	Football	8-Apr-1917	28-Nov-2007	Head Coach at Brown, 1959-66
Steve Spagnuolo	Football	21-Dec-1959		Head Coach, St. Louis Rams

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