Beau M. Billingslea (born September 1, 1953) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Jet Black from the very popular anime Cowboy Bebop. In addition to voice acting, Billingslea has appeared in many popular television series as a prolific guest actor. Before he got into acting, he played football at the University of Connecticut.

Timothy Perry Shriver, Ph.D., (born August 29, 1959) is chairman of the Special Olympics. He is part of the Kennedy family. His father is Sargent Shriver and his mother is Eunice Mary Kennedy who founded the Special Olympics movement in 1968. His brother-in-law is Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California (married to his sister Maria). He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University, …

Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American short story writer and novelist. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a PEN/Bernard Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Her work has been compared to Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, and John Updike. She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a masters degree from the University of Connecticut.

Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. is the elder son of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Virginia Joan Bennett. In 1973 cancer was discovered in his right leg. The leg was amputated. On the same day this surgery took place, Ted Sr. gave his niece Kathleen away at her wedding, rushing back to the hospital afterwards. In 1986, a movie called The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story was made for TV which concentrated on this event in Kennedy's life.

Philip E. Rubin , Ph.D., director of the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences at the National Science Foundation, received a Commendable Performance award in September from the Human Subjects Research Subcommittee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council for his superior leadership of all federal government departments and agencies involved in the protection of human subjects.

Robert Remez is a leading American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist and theoretician. He is best known for his work on perceptual organization, speech perception, and the use of the technique of sinewave synthesis in his experimental and theoretical work. He is the Ann Olin Whitney Professor of Psychology at Barnard College and a member of the Board of Directors of Haskins Laboratories. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Connecticut.

Carol A. Fowler is an American experimental psychologist. She is the President and Director of Research at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut. She is also a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut and an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at Yale University. She received her undergradute degree from Brown University in 1971 and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1977.

Tansu Penbe Çiller (IPA: (born 9 October 1946) is an economist and politician in Turkey. She was Turkey's first and to date only female prime minister. She was born in Istanbul and graduated from the School of Economics at Robert College after finishing the American College for Girls of Istanbul. Çiller received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and completed later on her postdoctoral studies at Yale University.

David J. Valesky (b. circa 1966) is a member of the New York State Senate. He is a Democrat representing the mostly rural 49th Senate District, which encompasses the city of Rome in Oneida County, all of Madison County, eastern and southern Onondaga County, including the eastern half of the city of Syracuse, and parts of Cayuga County in upstate New York. He was first elected to the office in 2004. Valesky, who lives in Oneida, where he was born and raised, …

Kevin J. O'Connor is an attorney appointed by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as Connecticut’s 48th United States Attorney in 2002. As of April 26, 2007, Mr. O'Connor serves as Chief of Staff to United States Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. From January to April 2006, Mr. O'Connor served as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States.

Samuel Jaskilka (born 15 December 1919) is a retired four-star general whose last assignment was Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (1975-1978). General Jaskilka is a highly decorated veteran of the Korean War, having lead the landing at Inchon as a company commander with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1978 after 34 years of service.

Brian Schulz is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer for Major League Baseball Productions in New York City. He’s also MLB’s lead cinematographer dispatched across the country to capture the game’s most indelible images. Brian can also be found behind the camera shooting and directing television commercials and music videos. Brian’s work in the edit room lead to his Emmy recognition on the widely acclaimed YES "Yankeeography" series.

Edward C. Banfield (1916-1999) was a distinguished political scientist, best known as the author of "The Moral Basis of a Backward Society" (1958), and "The Unheavenly City" (1970). One of the leading conservative scholars of his generation, Banfield was an adviser to Republican presidents (Nixon, Ford, and Reagan). Banfield began his academic career at the University of Chicago, where he was a friend and colleague of Leo Strauss.

Konstantina B. Lukes, known as Konnie Lukes, is currently serving as the Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Dr. Richard Hrair Dekmejian (born 1933) is a professor of political science of Armenian descent at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His teachings are primarily focused on world leadership. He is the author of "Islam in Revolution: Fundamentalism in the Arab World". He earned a B.A. at University of Connecticut, an M.A. at Boston University, and a Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1966.

Sam Forko (born 2 September 1978) is a Liberian football defender formerly with the MetroStars (now Red Bull New York). Forko was drafted in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft with the 30th pick out of the University of Connecticut. He played in 9 games with the MetroStars, starting 3 before being released. He is the brother of fellow Connecticut alumnus and Liberian international footballer, Willis Forko.

John F. Callahan is literary executor for the late Ralph Ellison, and was the editor for his posthumously-released novel "Juneteenth". In addition to his work with Ellison, Callahan has written or edited numerous volumes related to African-American literature, with a particular emphasis on 20th century literature. Some of Callahan's other works include "In the African-American Grain: The Pursuit of Voice in 20th Century Black Fiction", …

Mark I. Sirkin, Ph.D. is an American clinical psychologist. He is the Director of the Robert M. Beren Center of the Ferkaus Graduate School of Psychology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. Following his doctoral work, Dr. Sirkin took a position on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he worked with Professor Lyman Wynne, M.D., Ph.D..

"'Steve Cully" is an offensive linemen from the University of Connecticut, where he started at guard and tackle. He has spent time in the Canadian Football League, Arena Football League, AFL 2, and the NFL Europe. Cully played for the Cologne Centurions where he was in the starting rotation for every game. Steve Cully is currently in camp with the Rein Fire of the NFL Europe. His previous teams include the Albany Conquest, Edmonton Eskimos, Cologne Centurions, …

Thomas C. Duffy (born June 17 1955) is an American conductor and composer of modern classical music.

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Dr. C. William Colburn , Interim Director of Development, has a depth of experience in higher education at a number of colleges and universities. In addition to serving as Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Ave Maria University during its initial development in Naples, Florida, he served as Director of Alumni Relations at the University of Connecticut Alumni Association.