- Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born 20 November 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the incumbent senior U.S. Senator from Delaware. Biden is currently serving his sixth term and is Delaware's longest-serving Senator. He is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the 110th Congress. Biden has served in that position in the past, … - David Roselle
David Paul Roselle (born May 30, 1939) is an American mathematician and academic who served as the 25th President of the University of Delaware. - David L. Mills
David L. Mills (born June 3, 1938) was the first chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force. He invented the Network Time Protocol, the fuzzball router, the Exterior Gateway Protocol, and had the first FTP implementation. He has also authored numerous requests for comment. In 1999 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. Currently, Mills is a professor at the University of Delaware. Mills is an amateur radio operator, callsign W3HCF. - David Legates
David Russell Legates is the Delaware State Climatologist, and an associate professor at the University of Delaware. Professor Legates is known for using systematic examination of the scientific method used in climatological studies, in order to determine the validity of the data and the conclusions set forth in such studies. He is best known for his contrarian opinion on the causes and effects of global warming. - David Henderson
David (Dave) McKinley Henderson (born July 21, 1964 in Drewry, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player and a present day basketball coach. At 6'5", 195 lbs, he is most notable because of his college career at Duke, were he was team co- captain in the 1986 team that reached the NCAA Final Four, and lost at the final game to Louisville. Henderson later played in Europe, notably in Israel, … - Linda Gottfredson
Linda Susanne Gottfredson is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Delaware and co-director of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of Intelligence and Society. Gottfredson's work has been influential in shaping U.S. public and private policies regarding affirmative action, hiring quotas, and “race-norming” on aptitude tests. She currently sits on the boards of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), … - Thomas R. Carper
Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper (born January 23 1947) is an American economist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the Democratic Party, a five-term U. S. Representative from Delaware, a two-term Governor of Delaware, and currently the junior U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was elected to a second term in 2006. - Monte Ross
Monte Ross is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Delaware. - Mike Adams
Michael Carl Adams (born on March 24, 1981 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a free safety in the NFL. He currently plays for the Cleveland Browns. He went to the University of Delaware. He was signed as a undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers in 2004. In 2005, he had four interceptions and one returned for a touchdown. He was signed by the Browns on April 2, 2007. - Allen Barnett
Allen Barnett is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Delaware. He is the principal investigator of the DARPA-funded Consortium for Very High Efficiency Solar Cells. Barnett graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1963 and earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1966. - James Smith
James Smith (about 1719 - July 11 1806), was a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. He was born in Province of Ulster , Ireland; his family emigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania when he was about ten years old. He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near Shippensburg, and later near York. He became captain of the militia there. - Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda (born 22 February 1954 in New York City) is a professor of journalism at the University of Delaware. Born to Louis Yagoda and the former Harriet Lewis, he grew up in New Rochelle, New York and entered Yale University to study English in 1971. He became a freelance journalist for publications such as "The New Leader", "The New York Times", "Newsweek", and "Rolling Stone", … - Nick Smith
Nick H. Smith (born November 5 1934), is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until 2005, representing from the 7th District of Michigan. Smith was born in Addison, Michigan. He earned a B.A. from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1957 and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware in 1959. - Bob Shillinglaw
Bob Shillinglaw is the current head coach of the University of Delaware Mens Lacrosse team. He has coached the squad for well over 20 years and has lead the team to its first CAA title in school history. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Shillinglaw was a star athlete at Severna Park High School and earned a spot at University of North Carolina playing lacrosse. Currently he resides in Maryland and is a professor at the University of Delaware. - Hugh M. Morris
Hugh Martin Morris (April 9, 1878 -March 19, 1966), was an American attorney and jurist. He was born in Greenwood, Sussex County, Delaware. He graduated from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1898 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His career was diverse and included teaching school in Sussex County followed by the study of law, and admittance to the Bar in 1903. - Mike Brey
Mike Brey (born March 22, 1959 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American college basketball coach. The Bethesda, Maryland native is the men's basketball head coach at University of Notre Dame since July 14, 2000. Brey graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland in 1977. As a two-year letter winner under coach Morgan Wootten, Brey helped the team to a 55-9 mark. - Patrick T. Harker
Patrick T. Harker is the President of the University of Delaware. On December 1, 2006, it was announced that Harker had been elected as the 26th President of the University of Delaware and would take office on July 1, 2007. Howard E. Cosgrove, chairman of the university's Board of Trustees, said, "Patrick T. Harker has an excellent combination of experience and skills to lead the University of Delaware forward." Previously, … - Mike Koplove
Michael Paul "Mike" Koplove (born August 30, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a sidearm relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He attended Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia and the University of Delaware, and was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 1998 amateur draft. - Kevin Mench
Kevin Ford Mench (born January 7, 1978 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers. - Matt Nagy
Matt Nagy (born April 24, 1978) is an Arena Football League quarterback for the Columbus Destroyers. He was traded to Columbus during the 2006 offseason from the Georgia Force. Previously, he had seen action with the New York Dragons in 2002 and Carolina Cobras in 2004 before replacing injured Jim Kubiak early in the 2005 season and leading the Force to ArenaBowl XIX. - Ben Patrick
Ben Patrick (born August 23, 1984 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals. He played in college for the University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens football team. He was selected by the Cardinals with the 25th pick in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Patrick was a transfer from Duke University. - John Pelesko
John A. Pelesko is an American mathematician. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Delaware. Pelesko received his PhD from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he was a student of Gregory A. Kriegsmann. Pelesko's mathematical interests include the development and application of mathematical methods to problems arising in the microwave heating of ceramics, electron beam welding, diffusion in polymers, solidification thermomechanics, … - M. A. Muqtedar Khan
M. A. Muqtedar Khan (b. 1966) is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. Prior to that he was Chair of the Department of Political Science and the Director of International Studies at Adrian College. He is a Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He earned his Ph.D. in international relations, political philosophy, and Islamic political thought, … - Steve Harris
Steve J. Harris (born December 3, 1965) is an African-American actor who has appeared in a number of films including Tyler Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman", "Bringing Down The House", "The Rock", "The Mod Squad", and "Minority Report". He is most famous for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama "The Practice". He has done voice work for the animated television show "The Batman". - Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly (born May 20, 1929) is a well known American sociologist who has written a large number of books on the relationship between politics, economics and society. Tilly was educated at Harvard and Oxford before teaching at University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, University of Michigan, the New School, and Columbia University, where he now is the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science. - Bob Filner
Congressman Filner (D-CA) asserted that wait times are not only intolerable - they are counter productive to national security - efficiency is security. In a lively discussion on the San Diego/San Ysidro region challenges posed by significant border delays, Congressman Filner called on the BTA and others to form a broader coalition of united border regions to bring a more powerful voice to the importance of efficient border policies and practices. - Tyresa Smith
Tyresa Smith was the 18th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft and was selected in the second round by the Phoenix Mercury. Smith was selected from the University of Delaware where she was the teams second all time leading scorer and became the first player from UD to be drafted in the WNBA draft. In 2007 she was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Defensive Player Of The Year, led the CAA in scoring, and was named First Team All-CAA after averaging 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, … - Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman is an American writer, best known for his work on sports. He has written two well-received books about baseball and was the author of the infamous John Rocker interview in Sports Illustrated. He is the author of "The Bad Guys Won" a biography of the 1986 New York Mets with the memorable subtitle, "A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, … - Natalia Linichuk
Natalia Linichuk (born February 6, 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater. She, with partner Gennadi Karponossov, is the 1980 ice dancing Olympic champion and two-time World champion. They skated for the Soviet Union throughout their competitive careers. - Dennis Johnson
Dennis Leroy Johnson (born October 22, 1951 in Passaic, New Jersey) was an American football defensive tackle in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the University of Delaware. - Richard Hanley
Richard Hanley was born in Zambia and later moved to Australia as a small child. He studied at the Sydney University, and completed his PhD at University of Maryland. He is now an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware. Philosophically, he is a perdurantist following in the footsteps of David Lewis, also believing in the logical, but not physical possibility of time travel. - Dallas Green
George Dallas Green (born August 4, 1934) is a former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball. After playing for the Phillies and 3 other teams, he went on to manage the Phillies, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets, and managed the Phillies when they won their first World Series title in franchise history in 1980. While Green had a losing record both as a pitcher and as a manager, … - David Plouffe
David Plouffe is a Democratic Party campaign consultant in the United States. Plouffe graduated from St. Marks High School in Wilmington, Delaware and the University of Delaware. As executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 1999-2000, Plouffe led a focused national campaign that moved a record $95 million to House of Representatives campaigns across the United States, … - David Kelly
David Kelly is an American actor and a member of the Actors' Equity Association. He is a graduate of the Professional Theatre Training Program, University of Delaware. His stage work has been primarily with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. - Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American free jazz pianist. Shipp has been very active in the 1990s, appearing on dozens of albums as a leader, sideman or producer. His dense, percussive style was often compared to Cecil Taylor's, though in recent years Taylor's influence is less pronounced. Shipp was raised in Wilmington, DE and began playing piano at six years old. He was strongly attracted to jazz, but also played in rock music groups while in high school. - Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman (born October 17, 1954) is a Tony Award-winning American Broadway director, choreographer, film director, and performer. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Stroman was exposed to show tunes by her piano-playing salesman father. She began studying dance, concentrating on jazz, tap, and ballet at the age of five. She majored in theatre at the University of Delaware; her first professional appearance was in "Hit the Deck" at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1974. - Steve Alten
Steve Alten (born August 21, 1959, Philadelphia) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his "Meg" series, a set of novels positing the survival of large Megalodon sharks. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University. - Chuck Stone
Chuck Stone (born July 21, 1924) is a former Tuskegee Airman, an American newspaper editor, columnist, and professor of journalism. In the 1940s, he was the first African-American undergraduate in several decades at Wesleyan University, graduating in the class of 1948. He was the first president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ, 1975-1977). According to his brief biography on the NABJ site, "Because of his reputation for integrity, … - Daniel Nathans
Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 - November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the last of nine children born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. During the Great Depression his father lost his small business and was unemployed for a long period of time. Nathans went to public schools and then to the University of Delaware, where he studied chemistry, philosophy, and literature. - David M. Nelson
David Moir Nelson (April 29, 1920 - November 30, 1991) was an innovative and successful college football coach, an authority on college football playing rules, and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Nelson was the head football coach at the University of Delaware from 1951-1965, compiling a record of 84 wins, 42 losses and 2 ties and gaining fame as the father of the Wing-T offensive formation. He also served as athletic director from 1951-1984.
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