EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Hempstead, NY

Founding Date:
1935

Team:
Pride

Enrollment:
13,250

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chris Albrecht	Business	c. 1951		Former HBO Chairman and CEO
Maryanne Trump Barry	Judge	5-Apr-1937		3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Christine Belford	Actor	14-Jan-1949		Character actress
Alan J. Bernon	Business	c. 1954		Dean Foods
James Caan	Actor	26-Mar-1940		Vegas
Eleanor Clift	Journalist	7-Jul-1940		Madam President
George Coe	Actor	10-May-1929	18-Jul-2015	Woodhouse on Archer
Norm Coleman	Politician	17-Aug-1949		US Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09
Alan Colmes	Pundit	24-Sep-1950		Left-leaning political pundit
Francis Ford Coppola	Film Director	7-Apr-1939		The Godfather
Robert Davi	Actor	26-Jun-1954		Agent Malone on Profiler
Nelson DeMille	Novelist	23-Aug-1943		The General's Daughter
Rosemarie DeWitt	Actor	26-Oct-1974		Emily Lehman on Standoff
Thomas P. DiNapoli	Politician	10-Feb-1954		Comptroller, State of New York
Meredith Eaton	Actor	26-Aug-1974		Dwarf actress
Steven J. Freiberg	Business	c. 1957		Global Consumer Group, Citigroup
Marilyn French	Author	21-Nov-1929	2-May-2009	The Women's Room
Ellie Greenwich	Songwriter	23-Oct-1940	26-Aug-2009	Leader of the Pack
Madeline Kahn	Actor	29-Sep-1942	3-Dec-1999	Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles
Lainie Kazan	Actor	15-May-1940		My Favorite Year
Ralph S. Larsen	Business	18-Nov-1938	9-Mar-2016	CEO of Johnson & Johnson, 1989-2002
Norman F. Lent	Politician	23-Mar-1931	11-Jun-2012	Congressman from New York, 1971-93
Bernard L. Madoff	Business	29-Apr-1938		Madoff Investment Securities LLC
Douglas L. Maine	Business	c. 1949		CFO of IBM, 1998-2000
Mary Matalin	Politician	19-Aug-1953		Political creature
Tom McGowan	Actor	26-Jul-1959		Kenny Daly on Frasier
Jonathan D. Moreno	Scholar	11-Jun-1952		Undue Risk
Raheem Morris	Football	3-Sep-1976		Head Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Joe Morton	Actor	18-Oct-1947		The brother from another planet
Tommy Mottola	Business	14-Jul-1949		Former head of Sony Music
David A. Paterson	Politician	20-May-1954		Governor of New York, 2008-11
Thomas V. Reifenheiser	Business	c. 1936		Managing Director, Chase Securities
Morton Owen Schapiro	Educator	1953		President, Northwestern University
Mike Starr	Actor	29-Jul-1950		Goodfellas
Susan Sullivan	Actor	18-Nov-1942		Falcon Crest
Christopher Walken	Actor	31-Mar-1943		The Dead Zone
Frank G. Zarb	Business	17-Feb-1935		US Energy Czar, 1974-77

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.	Historian	15-Dec-1915	5-Feb-2000	The Decline of American Liberalism
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Ernest van den Haag	Scholar	15-Sep-1914	21-Mar-2002	Punishing Criminals

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan J. Bernon	Business	c. 1954		Dean Foods
Ulric Haynes	Diplomat	8-Jun-1931		US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81
Robert M. Johnson	Publisher	14-Jul-1945		Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94
Thomas H. O'Brien	Business	c. 1938		CEO of PNC Financial, 1988-2000
Frank G. Zarb	Business	17-Feb-1935		US Energy Czar, 1974-77

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Raheem Morris	Football	3-Sep-1976		Head Coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jay Wright	Basketball	24-Dec-1961		Villanova Head Coach

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