EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1819 as a Baptist seminary. Operated as Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution until 1846; Madison University until 1890; then renamed in honor of early benefactor William Colgate.

Location:
Hamilton, NY

Founding Date:
1819

Motto:
Deo Ac Veritati

Team:
Raiders

Radio Station:
WRCU

Enrollment:
2800

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Addams	Cartoonist	7-Jan-1912	29-Sep-1988	The Addams Family
Doug Bailey	Activist	c. 1934		President and CEO, Unity08
Russell Banks	Author	28-Mar-1940		The Sweet Hereafter
Peter K. Barker	Business	c. 1948		Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Daniel C. Benton	Business	c. 1959		Andor Capital Management
Kenneth Blanchard	Educator	6-May-1939		The One Minute Manager
Gloria Borger	Journalist	c. 1952		CBS special correspondent
Larry Bossidy	Business	5-Mar-1935		CEO of Honeywell
Peter C. Browning	Business	2-Sep-1941		CEO of Sonoco Products, 1998-2000
Stephen B. Burke	Business	c. 1958		COO of Comcast
Peter Burleigh	Diplomat	7-Mar-1942		US Ambassador to the UN, 1997-99
Chase Carey	Business	c. 1954		President and COO of News Corporation
Jay Chandrasekhar	Film Director	9-Apr-1968		Super Troopers
Ben Cohen	Business	18-Mar-1951		Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Jim Courter	Politician	14-Oct-1941		Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-91
Monica Crowley	Pundit	19-Sep-1968		Conservative commentator on FOX News
John Dean	Government	14-Oct-1938		Nixon's White House Counsel
Justus D. Doenecke	Historian	5-Mar-1938		Storm on the Horizon
Caroline Dorsa	Business	1959		CFO of Gilead Sciences
Jeffrey Fager	Film/TV Producer	10-Dec-1954		60 Minutes executive producer
Howard Fineman	Journalist	c. 1948		Huffington Post political analyst
Art Fleming	Game Show Host	1-May-1924	25-Apr-1995	Original Jeopardy! host
Gregory J. Fleming	Business	c. 1964		Co-President of Merrill Lynch
Dan Fortmann	Football	11-Apr-1916	23-May-1995	NFL Hall of Fame Guard
Alan S. Frumin	Government	26-Dec-1946		US Senate Parliamentarian, 2001-12
Philip H. Geier, Jr.	Business	22-Feb-1935		CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000
Jon F. Hanson	Business	c. 1937		Hampshire Companies
Chris Hedges	Journalist	18-Sep-1956		War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Michael Hiltzik	Columnist	9-Nov-1952		Los Angeles Times columnist
Charles Evans Hughes	Politician	11-Apr-1862	27-Aug-1948	US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate
Robert W. Jones	Business	c. 1950		Investment Banker, Morgan Stanley
Melvyn N. Klein	Attorney	c. 1941		GKH Partners LP
Mr. Lif	Rapper	1977		I Phantom
Jim P. Manzi	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Lotus Development, 1986-95
Henry L. Meyer III	Business	c. 1950		CEO of KeyCorp
Robert L. O'Connell	Historian	27-Dec-1944		Of Arms and Men
Victor Oristano	Business	10-Sep-1916		Alda Limited Partners
Bill Parcells	Football	22-Aug-1941		The Big Tuna
Peter A. Peyser	Politician	7-Sep-1921	9-Oct-2014	Former Congressman from New York
Kevin P. Phillips	Pundit	30-Nov-1940		Political commentator
Adam Clayton Powell	Politician	29-Nov-1908	4-Apr-1972	Congressman from New York, 1945-71
Charles A. Ratner	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Forest City Enterprises
William P. Rogers	Government	23-Jun-1913	2-Jan-2001	US Secretary of State, 1969-73
Andy Rooney	Journalist	14-Jan-1919	4-Nov-2011	60 Minutes' resident crank
Mark S. Siegel	Attorney	c. 1951		ReMY Investors
Lorie A. Slutsky	Business	c. 1954		President, New York Community Trust
H. Guyford Stever	Educator	24-Oct-1916	9-Apr-2010	President of CMU, 1965-72
Peter Tarnoff	Government	1937		President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1986-93
Herbert B. Tasker	Business	c. 1937		Mason McDuffie Mortgage
John D. Turner	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Copperweld, 1988-2003
Thomas H. Weidemeyer	Business	c. 1948		COO of UPS, 2001-03
Bob Woodruff	Journalist	18-Aug-1961		Co-Anchor, World News Tonight
John Zogby	Business	1948		Pollster

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth E. Boulding	Economist	18-Jan-1910	18-Mar-1993	The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
Frederick Busch	Novelist	1-Aug-1941	23-Feb-2006	Don't Tell Anyone
Joscelyn Godwin	Historian	16-Jan-1945		Historian of the esoteric
Michael H. Hunt	Historian	c. 1943		Ideology and U.S Foreign Policy
Ernest Fox Nichols	Physicist	1-Jun-1869	29-Apr-1924	Infrared radiation
Jack N. Rakove	Historian	4-Jun-1947		Original Meanings
Anne Sexton	Poet	9-Nov-1928	4-Oct-1974	Live or Die
Jennifer Vanderbes	Novelist	20-Dec-1974		Easter Island
Marvin Wachman	Educator	24-Mar-1917	22-Dec-2007	Temple University President, 1973-83

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel C. Benton	Business	c. 1959		Andor Capital Management
Gloria Borger	Journalist	c. 1952		CBS special correspondent
José A. Cabranes	Judge	22-Dec-1940		2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Chase Carey	Business	c. 1954		President and COO of News Corporation
Rebecca S. Chopp	Educator	c. 1952		President, Colgate University
Jim P. Manzi	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Lotus Development, 1986-95
Lorie A. Slutsky	Business	c. 1954		President, New York Community Trust
H. Guyford Stever	Educator	24-Oct-1916	9-Apr-2010	President of CMU, 1965-72

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Schwartz	Football	2-Jul-1966		Former Coach, Detroit Lions

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