- Brian C. Mitchell
Brian C. Mitchell is the current (as of February 2007) president of Bucknell University. Mitchell became president in July 2004. Prior to becoming president of Bucknell, Mitchell served as president of Washington and Jefferson College from 1998 to 2004, as well as president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and a program officer in the National Endowment for the Humanities. - Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery is the head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. - William Duckworth
William Duckworth (born 1943) is an American composer who also is an author, educator and Internet pioneer. He has written more than 200 pieces of music and is credited with the composition of the first postminimal piece of music, "The Time Curve Preludes" (1977-1978), for piano. His other notable compositions include "Thirty-One Days" (1987), for alto saxophone, and "Southern Harmony" (1980-1981), … - Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange. He was elected as director of Yum! Brands effective October 7, 1997, and is a member of the Audit Committee. Langone is also a trustee of New York University. He is a graduate of Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Kenneth Langone was born in Roslyn Heights, New York, 20 miles outside of Manhattan. - Dean Baker
Dean Baker (born July 13, 1958) is an American macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. His B.A. is from Swarthmore College. He is the author of a number of books including: * "The United States Since 1980" (Cambridge University Press, … - Charles Lee
Charles Lee, (born November 11, 1984 in Washington, D.C.) a 6'3" guard out of Bucknell University, played on the San Antonio Spurs' 2006 Summer League team that competed in the Rocky Mountain Revue. In three games, he averaged 4.7 points and 2.0 steals in 12.0 minutes. Lee, the 2006 Patriot League Player of the Year, helped guide Bucknell to two straight Patriot League Championships and two straight NCAA Tournament second-round appearances. - John Allen
John Allen is currently the head coach of the NFL Europa team Berlin Thunder. His position new there was announced on January 29, 2007, and he'll replace Rick Lantz. <BR><BR> Allen initially started playing football - as most coaches - as wide receiver at James Madison University before starting a career in the coaching ranks. Now Allen enters his fifth season in NFL Europa, having spent the previous three years as offensive coordinator of the Amsterdam Admirals. - Stuart Rothenberg
Stuart Rothenberg is the editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report, a Washington-based, biweekly, non-partisan newsletter that reports on and analyzes the United States Presidential, House, Senatorial, and Gubernatorial elections and current political developments. Rothenberg holds a B.A. from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He has taught political science at Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, … - Robert Andrews
Robert Andrews (born 1957) is an American politician, currently (as of 2006) serving as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 1st congressional district. He has been a Congressman since 1991. Andrews is the son and grandson of shipyard workers and was the first in his family to attend college. He graduated summa cum laude from Bucknell University, where he also was Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from Cornell University, … - Robert Andrews
Bobbie Andrews (February 20, 1895 - 1976) was a British stage actor, who was born Robert Tobias Andrews. He briefly appeared in films. Amongst his many character parts was the Prime Minister in Ivor Novello's musical play "King's Rhapsody" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. When Andrews met Ivor Novello in 1916 they became close friends, and eventually lovers. - Matthew Bogdanos
Col. Matthew Bogdanos has been an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan since 1988. A colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, middleweight boxer, author, and native New Yorker, he was raised waiting tables in his family’s Greek restaurant in lower Manhattan and attended Don Bosco High School. He was graduated cum laude, receiving a Phi Beta Kappa award, with honors in Classics, from Bucknell University in 1980. - Sid Jamieson
Sid Jamieson is Bucknell University's initial head coach for the men's college lacrosse team, serving from the inception of the program in 1968 until his retirement in 2005. He compiled a record of 248 wins and 240 losses to rank 10th among all collegiate lacrosse coaches in victories. Jamieson led the Bison to seven championships in three different conferences, including four straight Patriot League titles from 2000 to 2003. - John Wheatcroft
John Wheatcroft (born in 1925), informally known as Jack Wheatcroft, is an American writer and former teacher. A novelist, poet, and playwright, Wheatcroft's works have appeared in "The New York Times" and the "Beloit Poetry Journal". He was born in 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the United States Navy in World War II. Wheatcroft attended Temple University, Rutgers University, and Bucknell University, … - Berhanu Nega
Berhanu Nega (born 1958) was elected mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the Ethiopian general elections, 2005. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and an Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. - Leslie Moonves
Leslie Moonves (born December 23, 1948 in New York City) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Prior to this he was President of CBS Entertainment from 1995 and President of Warner Bros. Television from 1993, where he green-lit the hit shows "Wings" and "Survivor". - David Jayne Hill
David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) was an American diplomat and historian. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey on June 19, 1850, he was educated at Bucknell University from which he graduated in 1874. He served as professor of rhetoric in the institution from 1877 to 1879 and was for the eight years following its president. From 1888 to 1896, he was president of the University of Rochester. After several years spent in Europe in the study of international law and diplomacy, … - Ronald D. Liebowitz
Ronald D. Liebowitz was appointed as the 16th president of Middlebury College in April 2004. He succeeded John M. McCardell Jr . , who stepped down at the end of June 2004 after serving 13 years as Middlebury's president. Liebowitz had previously served as provost and executive vice president of the College, from 1997 until his appointment as president in 2004. From 1993-95, he was dean of the faculty, and from 1995-97, he was vice president of the College. - Ted Ammon
Robert Theodore Ammon (August 30, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - October 20, 2001 in East Hampton, New York) was an American financier and Investment Banker. He became one of the youngest partners at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and was involved in the RJR Nabisco buyout. Ammon graduated from Bucknell University. He then followed his first wife to London, where he worked as a Barrister. They later divorced. - Greg Schiano
Gregory Edward Schiano (b. June 1, 1966 in Wyckoff, New Jersey) is the head coach and defensive coordinator for the Rutgers University football team. Schiano grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and attended Ramapo High School. He then attended Bucknell University, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and graduated in 1988 with a B.S. in business administration. In his playing career at Bucknell University, he was a three-year letterman at linebacker. - Tim Keller
Timothy J. Keller (born 1950) is an American author, speaker, and the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York City, New York. - Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern was one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine on July 21, 1920, Isaac Stern was ten months old when his family moved to San Francisco. He received his first music lessons from his mother before enrolling at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1928. He studied there until 1931, then studied privately with Louis Persinger. - Tom Mitchell
Tom Mitchell (born August 22, 1944 in Newport, Rhode Island), is a former American college and professional football player. A 6'2", 219 lb. tight end from Bucknell University, Mitchell played 1 season (1966) for the American Football League's Oakland Raiders, and ten seasons (1968 - 1977) in the NFL for the Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers. - Charles Brandes
Charles Brandes is an American money manager, originally from San Diego, California. He is currently ranked #133 on the Forbes 400 list. He is married with two children. He attended Bucknell University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. A disciple of economist and investment analyst Benjamin Graham, Charles Brandes founded Brandes Investment in 1974. Brandes Investment Partners currently (as of 2006) manages $105 billion in investments. - Stephen Bowen
Stephen Bowen is the current Dean and CEO of Oxford College of Emory University. Bowen received his bachelor's degree in 1971 from Depauw University, followed two years later by an M.A. from Indiana University. He earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Bowen's academic specialty is in the ecology of fisheries, having published widely on diet and digestion in a number of aquatic species, … - Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite is an American actor. His most famous role was John Walton Sr. on the 1970s CBS program "The Waltons". He also more recently appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle. He is the oldest of five children. Before becoming an actor he graduated from Bucknell University located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania with a B.A. degree, and tried several occupations such as social worker, He received his graduate degree from Yale University School of Divinity. - Jon Robert Holden
Jon Robert Holden (born August 10, 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), also known as J. R. Holden, is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He played NCAA Division I college basketball at Bucknell University (1994-1998). He currently plays for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Super League, which is the current runner-up of the Euroleague title. He is also a member of the Russia national basketball team. - Sunil Gulati
Sunil 'Kumar' Gulati (born July 30 1959, in Allahabad, India) is the current president of the United States Soccer Federation or USSF and President of Kraft Soccer for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Elected in March 2006, Gulati is one of the most influential figures in the development of US soccer over the past 30 years. - Ken Jenkins
Kenneth Walton Jenkins (born May 8, 1959 in Washington, D. C.) was an American football running back in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Bucknell University. - Christopher Camuto
Christopher Camuto is a writer and outdoorsman whose work focuses primarily on the natural environment. He is the author of a nonfiction trilogy on the southern Appalachian Mountains that includes "A Fly Fisherman’s Blue Ridge", "Another Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains", and "Hunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains". His second book, "Another Country", is perhaps his most complex, … - Bob Keegan
Robert Charles Keegan (August 4, 1920 - June 20, 2001) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox from 1953-1958. He was originally from Rochester, New York. Keegan attended Bucknell University before becoming a White Sox in his early 30's. He had one great season in 1954 when he made the American League All-Star Team. That year, he went 16-9 with 3.09 ERA in over 200 innings pitched. - Frances D. Fergusson
Frances Daly Fergusson served as president of Vassar College from 1986 to 2006. A graduate of Wellesley College, Fergusson earned her A.M. and Ph.D. in Art History at Harvard University before starting her teaching career at Newton College. In 1975, she began teaching at University of Massachusetts at Boston, where she later became an assistant chancellor. Fergusson continued her career in academic administration from 1982 until 1986 at Bucknell University, … - Diane Allen
Diane B. Allen is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1995, where she represents the 7th Legislative District. She served as the Deputy Republican Conference Leader from 2002-2003 and as the Majority Whip from 1998-2001. She was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996-1998. Senator Allen has served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1996 and 2000. - Robert A. Scott
Robert A. Scott is the current president of Adelphi University located in Garden City, New York. He was appointed by the Adelphi University Board of Trustees as the ninth president and professor of anthropology and sociology in July 2000. - Sam Havrilak
Sam Havrilak (born in 1947, in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monessen, Pennsylvania) was an American football player who played running back in the NFL from 1969 to 1974. He earned a Super Bowl ring in January of 1971 at Super Bowl V. He attended Monessen High School near Pittsburgh, and played college football at Bucknell University. His pro-career was spent with both the Baltimore Colts and the New Orleans Saints. - Wayne Simien
Wayne Anthony Simien, Jr. (born March 9, 1983 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA. Growing up, Simien was a KU fan due to his proximity to Lawrence. He committed to play for Roy Williams and the University of Kansas as early as the 8th or 9th grade, and was later named to the 2001 McDonald's All-American team. - Colby Cooper
Colby J. Cooper was appointed Special Assistant to the Secretary of State in July 2006. Prior to joining Secretary Condoleezza Rice at the Department of State, Colby served as the Director for Communications and Media Relations (2003-2006) on the National Security Council at the White House, where he was responsible for long-range foreign policy communications planning, and initiative roll-outs. - William B. Wood
William Braucher Wood (b. August 7, 1950) is a United States diplomat, currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to Afganistan. From 2003 to 2007, he was U.S. Ambassador to Colombia. From 1998 to 2002, he was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, with responsibility for U.S. policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations. - Walter Blair
Walter Allen Blair (October 13, 1883 - August 20, 1948) was a major league baseball player born in Landrus, Pennsylvania who, after attending Bucknell University, played back-up catcher for the New York Highlanders from 1907 through 1911. Nicknamed "Heavy", he later got his chance to play regularly when played for the Buffalo Buffeds/Blues of the Federal League during their only two seasons, 1914 and 1915. It was for this team that he did appear as manager for two games, … - Neal Blaisdell
Neal Shaw Blaisdell (November 6, 1902 - October 5, 1975) served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1954 to 1968. Born in Honolulu, Hawai'i of part-Hawaiian descent, Blaisdell attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania where he was quarterback of the school's football team (he was later inducted into the Bucknell Athletic Hall of Fame). He returned to Honolulu to become a teacher, high school coach and athletic director. - Carl Snavely
Carl "The Grey Fox" Snavely (July 30, 1894 to July 12, 1975) was a college football coach. From 1927 to 1933, he served as the head football coach at Bucknell, where he compiled a 42-16-8 record. From 1934 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1952, he served as the head football coach at North Carolina, where he compiled a 59-35-5 record. From 1936 to 1944, he served as the head football coach at Cornell, where he compiled a 46-26-3 record.
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