EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Long Island, NY

Founding Date:
1926

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth C. Ambrecht	Business	c. 1945		RBC Capital Markets
Stanley F. Barshay	Business	c. 1938		Schering-Plough executive
Rose Bird	Judge	2-Nov-1936	4-Dec-1999	California Chief Justice, 1977-87
Timothy Bishop	Politician	1-Jun-1950		Congressman, New York 1st
Jimmy Breslin	Columnist	17-Oct-1930		The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Fredric Dicker	Journalist	1944		New York Post
Larry Doby	Baseball	13-Dec-1923	18-Jun-2003	First African-American in AL
Steve James	Actor	19-Feb-1952	18-Dec-1993	American Ninja
Francis S. Kalman	Business	c. 1948		CFO of McDermott International
Brian Kilmeade	TV Personality	7-May-1963		Fox & Friends
Robert C. Lamb, Jr.	Business	c. 1955		Tercet Capital
Ed Lauter	Actor	30-Oct-1940	16-Oct-2013	Character actor
Dina Meyer	Actor	22-Dec-1968		Starship Troopers
William R. Nuti	Business	c. 1964		CEO of NCR
Burl Osborne	Publisher	25-Jun-1937	15-Aug-2012	Dallas Morning News
Jorge M. Pérez	Business	1950		The Related Group
Nicholas Pileggi	Author	22-Feb-1933		Goodfellas screenwriter
Frank K. Ross	Business	1943		Partner at KPMG, 1977-2003
Terry Semel	Business	24-Feb-1943		CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07
Malachi Throne	Actor	1-Dec-1928	13-Mar-2013	Noah Bain on It Takes a Thief
Gary Winnick	Business	13-Oct-1947		Founder of Global Crossing

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas P. DiNapoli	Politician	10-Feb-1954		Comptroller, State of New York
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Gerda Lerner	Historian	30-Apr-1920	2-Jan-2013	The Woman in American History
Garrett Mattingly	Historian	6-May-1900	18-Dec-1962	Renaissance Diplomacy
Leo Pfeffer	Scholar	25-Dec-1910	4-Jun-1993	Religious liberty scholar, attorney
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully	Activist	15-Dec-1925	27-Dec-2003	Feminism activist
Craig Steven Wilder	Historian	24-Nov-1965		Ebony & Ivy

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley F. Barshay	Business	c. 1938		Schering-Plough executive
James P. Breslawski	Business	c. 1954		President of Henry Schein
Angier Biddle Duke	Diplomat	30-Nov-1915	29-Apr-1995	US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
Glenn W. Ferguson	Educator	28-Jan-1929	20-Dec-2007	University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Stephen P. Kaufman	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Arrow Electronics, 1986-2000

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