- Glenn Poshard
Glenn Poshard (born October 30, 1945 in Herald, Illinois) is a former Illinois State Senator, U.S. Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate, and is currently President of the Southern Illinois University system. - Paul Simon
Paul Martin Simon was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. During the campaign, he briefly captured the national attention and was considered a major candidate. - Chris Lowery
Chris Lowery (born July 7, 1972 in Evansville, Indiana) is the men's basketball head coach at Southern Illinois University. - Jamaal Tatum
Jamaal Tatum (born September 9, 1984 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a current college basketball guard for the Southern Illinois Salukis. He has finished his senior season at the school and is 6'2" and 175 pounds (1.88 m, 80 kg). As a high schooler, Tatum was a finalist as the Missouri Mr. Basketball, becoming the leading scorer at Helias High School in Jefferson City. He ended up setting the school record for points in a game (46). - Joan Higginbotham
Joan Elizabeth Miller Higginbotham is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on mission STS-116 on Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist. Higginbotham was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended high school at Whitney Young Magnet High School, graduating in 1982. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1987. - Thomas Alexander
Thomas M. Alexander (born September 8 1952 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1974, a master's degree from Emory University in 1976, and a doctorate also from Emory in 1984. He is best known for his ground-breaking work on the philosophy of John Dewey: "John Dewey's Theory of Art, Experience, … - Dick Gregory
It's important to note that no biography of Dick Gregory would be complete without mentioning that he and his beloved wife, Lil, had ten kids who have become highly respected members of the national community in a variety of fields. They are: Michele, Lynne, Pamela, Paula, Stephanie (aka Xenobia), Gregory, Christian, Miss, Ayanna and Yohance. - Don S. Davis
Don Sinclair Davis, born August 4, 1942 in Aurora, Missouri, a town in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, is an American actor. Davis is best known for playing Major General/Lieutenant General George S. Hammond in the science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1" (1997-2004), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991). In the TV show MacGyver, he was the stunt/photography double for Dana Elcar. - Robert Coover
Robert Coover (born February 4, 1932) is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. Coover was born in Charles City, Iowa. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale, received his B.A. in Slavic Studies from Indiana University in 1955, then served in the United States Navy. - Eric Mandat
Eric P. Mandat (b. 1957) is a leading composer and performer of contemporary clarinet music. Mandat began his clarinet studies under the tutelage of Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony. He later studied with Lee Gibson, Keith Wilson, D. Stanley Hasty, and Charles Neidich. Mandat received his undergraduate education at the University of North Texas, and received graduate degrees from the Yale School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. - Donald McHenry
Donald Franchot McHenry (October 13 1936 -) was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979 until January 20 1981. McHenry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up across the river in East St. Louis, Illinois. He attended Illinois State University, graduating with a BS in 1957. He then continued on to earn a Master's degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1959. - Kristi Yamaoka
Kristi Yamaoka (born 1987) is an American cheerleader and current student at Southern Illinois University from Springfield, Illinois. On Sunday, March 5, 2006 she fell off of a human pyramid during a cheerleading performance in a game between Southern Illinois and Bradley University at the Scottrade Center (then known as the Savvis Center) in St. Louis. Her performance from the stretcher as she was carried off the court was nationwide news. - Jim Hart
James Warren Hart (born April 29, 1944 in Evanston, Illinois) was an American football quarterback in the NFL for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1966 through 1983 and the Washington Redskins in 1984. From 1974-'76 he guided the Cardinals to 3 straight 10+ win seasons along with back to back division crowns in 1974 & '75. He was also selected to the Pro Bowl four times 1974-'77. Hart was named the NFC Player of the Year by UPI, … - Chris Bury
Christopher Robert Bury (born December 10, 1953) is an American journalist, best known for being an Emmy Award-winning correspondent at ABC News "Nightline", where he also serves as substitute anchor. Bury began his career in journalism in 1975 as a reporter for WCLX Radio in La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1979 to 1980, he served as an instructor at Marquette University's College of Journalism. - Bil Dwyer
Bil Dwyer (born March 30, 1962 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and game show host. Television shows he has hosted include GSN's "Extreme Dodgeball", "I've Got A Secret" and "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time", the PAX TV (now ION Television) game show "Dirty Rotten Cheater", and the FSN game show "Ultimate Fan League". He was the analyst for Comedy Central's "Battlebots" throughout its run, … - Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10 1941) is an American actor. Born in Buffalo, New York, Goetz studied at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated. He then joined the Guthrie Theatre, where over the course of forty years he has appeared in numerous productions, including "Death of a Salesman", "All My Sons", "A Moon for the Misbegotten", … - Jerry Hairston Jr.
Jerry Wayne Hairston, Jr. (born May 29, 1976 in Naperville, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers. His father, Jerry Hairston, and grandfather, Sam Hairston, were also Major League Baseball players, making him the first African American to be a third-generation major-leaguer. He attended Southern Illinois University. His uncle Johnny Hairston and his brother Scott Hairston have also played in the majors, … - Arnold Barton
H. Arnold Barton, professor emeritus of history, was born in Los Angeles in 1929. Of Swedish descent, he has devoted his research to the history of Scandinavia, especially Sweden, and of Swedes and other Scandinavians in North America. He received his B.A. degree at Pomona College and his doctorate at Princeton University. He taught at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, the University of California at Santa Barbara, … - Robert K. Weiss
Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels, and the “Z. A. Z.” team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science-fiction TV series "Sliders". He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Weiss has also been the Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation since 1996. - Chris Carr
Chris Dean Carr (born March 12 1974 in Ironton, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (56th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. Carr played six seasons in the NBA for the Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. His best year as a pro came during the 1997-98 season as a member of the Timberwolves, appearing in 51 games and averaging 9.9 ppg. - Steve Finley
Steven Allen Finley (born March 12 1965, in Union City, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who bats and throws left-handed. He currently is a free agent. Finley, who grew up in Paducah, Kentucky, attended Paducah Tilghman High School and Southern Illinois University, where he earned a degree in physiology and played for the baseball team from 1984-87. - Seth Greenberg
Seth Greenberg is the current head basketball coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team. Greenberg is currently in his fourth season as head coach of the Hokies. In his first three seasons, he led the Hokies to an overall record of 45-44. After his initial season coaching the team in the Big East, he guided the Hokies through their first two full seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2004-2005, … - Lionel Bender
*Lionel Bender is a British author of more than 60 children's illustrated information books, and is the Editorial Partner of book creation house Bender Richardson White. Lionel is the Media Officer of the British Minigolf Association, and a regular minigolf player, representing his country in European and World Championship Minigolf Sport events. He is a partner of UrbanCrazy, a company that designs, builds, and installs miniature golf courses. - David Coss
David Coss is a U.S. politician who is the current mayor of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was elected to a four-year term in March 2006 after serving on the Santa Fe City Council from 2002-2006. As a City Councilor, he co-sponsored Santa Fe's Living Wage Ordinance and supported a subsequent minimum wage increase to $9.50 per hour. Coss also supported the Santa Fe Homes Program, … - Connie Porter
Connie Rose Porter (born in 1959) is an African-American author best known for her books for children and young adults. She was raised in Buffalo, New York, the second youngest of nine children of a family living in a housing project. She went on to earn degrees from SUNY Albany and Louisiana State University. She has since taught English and creative writing at Milton Academy, Emerson College, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale. - Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper (born June 19, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1974-1981) and San Francisco Giants (1982-1985). Kuiper was a good fielder. His career batting average was .271, about average in the league at the time, but his power was virtually non-existent--in 3,379 at bats he had "one" home run, against Steve Stone. However, since the game was on national television, … - Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Wisconsin's fourth Senate district. She is a member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Taylor was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Rufus King High School in 1984. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1990 and a law degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1993. - Seetharaman Narayanan
Seetharaman Narayanan (or Seetha Narayanan) is a programmer for Adobe Photoshop. He started working on version 2.5 on September 23, 1991. Because of his work porting version 3.0 to Microsoft Windows, he is thought of as the "Windows Guy" on the Photoshop team. He also was primarily responsible for porting Photoshop 7 to Mac OS X, and he did the early work for multi-threading. - Tim O'Malley
Tim O'Malley is an US actor and playwright, director living in Chicago. He is a Core Faculty Member at the Second City Training Center. He is most recognizable as Patrick, the bartender in "Return to Me." O'Malley started in show-business as a singer. He sang with Sony Recording Artist and Grammy winner Shawn Colvin in college at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale before either of them knew where they were headed. - Curtis Price
Sir Curtis Price, KBE, is the Principal of the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of music at the University of London. In 2005, Professor Price was made an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) in recognition of his services to music. - William R. Tonso
William R. Tonso (1933 -) is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Evansville. He taught at the university from 1969 through 1999, specializing in minority and ethnic group relations, social deviance, social theory, and the sociology of sport. He formerly served as head of the departments of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Anthropology. He is a native of Herrin, Illinois, and his Ph.D. in Sociology (1976), … - Jeanette Mott Oxford
Jeanette Mott Oxford (born July 16, 1954) is an American activist and politician from the state of Missouri. She is a currently a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing a portion of St. Louis City. She is the first openly lesbian member of the Missouri Legislature. She is a Democrat. Oxford was born in Eldorado, Illinois and graduated from Cave-in-Rock High School in Cave-in-Rock, Illinois. - Carl Bearden
Carl Bearden (born January 18, 1956) is a Missouri Republican politician who was the Speaker pro Tempore for the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007. He lives in St. Charles, Missouri, with his wife, Deborah. They have two children, Amber and Allison. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Harvester, Missouri, the St. Peters Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legislative Exchange Council. - Steffanie Grindle
Has logged 20 hours towards a private pilots license. Has done freelance web design - Shoshanna Ezra
I've got a secret smile . I wear a jacket in anything below 70 degrees. I only work half the year. I listen to a ton of talk radio. Naps rock. So does my IPod. Drinks with friends are a blessing. My cat plays fetch. I drive a street-race car and get repeatedly pulled over for the modified muffler. I have an odd affinity for foreign languages. People think I'm biracial. I call people dude. I love tank tops. - Karla Strum
Has an allergy to caffeine, restricting her from the consumption of chocolate amongst other things. - Michael Curto
Raider Staffing is a boutique staffing firm specializing in the placement of sales professionals. With clients ranging from Fortune 1000 to small local businesses Raider Staffing has sales positions at all levels. We are seeking the highest energy, the most motivated, and the most talented salespeople anywhere. We currently have positions available across the US. - Brady Hallongren
Brady Hallongren graduated in 2000 from Southern Illinois University Film School, in Carbondale, the home of the Salukis. He moved from Elmhurst, Illinois the hometown of legendary sound designer Gary Rydstrom to Los Angeles after graduating. He's been working in various positions in the film and television industry ever since. - Mandy Hoskins
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