- Joe Frank Harris
Joe Frank Harris (born February 16, 1936) is an American Democratic politician who served as the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1983 to 1991. Harris was born in Atco, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1958. Harris was persuaded to run for the Georgia House of Representatives in 1964 and served nine terms. Harris became the chairman of the Appropriations Committee in 1974. - David Brandon
David A. Brandon is chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also an outgoing regent of the University of Michigan. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificate from the University of Michigan in 1974. While in Ann Arbor, he was the back-up quarterback of the university's football team, under the leadership of Bo Schembechler. Brandon also has honorary doctorate degrees from Schoolcraft College, … - John A. Fallon
Dr. John A. Fallon III is the former president of Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Fallon began his tenure at EMU on July 18, 2005 after serving as president of SUNY Potsdam and William Penn College. He had been appointed by the EMU Board of Regents in March of 2005. Dr. Fallon was fired by Eastern Michigan University on July 15, 2007. Although the university did not state a reason for his firing, it is believed to have been related to Dr. - Robert M. Johnson
Robert M. Johnson (born July 14, 1945), former publisher of Newsday, is now better-known as one of the most prominent men so far accused of child pornography offenses. On August 4, 2006, he pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of destroying computer records, and was sentenced to fifteen months in federal prison on December 15, 2006. - Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently married to Mrs. Beverlee Schnellenberger and is head coach of Florida Atlantic University. He previously held head coaching positions with the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Miami, and the Baltimore Colts. He has also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, … - Willie Morris
William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29, 1934 - August 2, 1999), was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his family later moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, which he immortalized in his works of prose. Morris' trademark was his lyrical prose style and reflections on the American South, particularly the Mississippi Delta. In 1967 he became the youngest editor of "Harper's Magazine". He wrote several works of fiction and non-fiction, … - Neil Smelser
Neil Smelser is a University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. His research has focused on what he calls the "macroscopic social structural level" of collective behavior, including economic sociology, social change, and the sociology of education. - Mary Maxwell Gates
Mary Maxwell Gates served 18 years (1975-1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Akers, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors. Mary's son Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. - Beauford H. Jester
Beauford Halbert Jester (January 12, 1893-July 11, 1949) was a U.S. political figure, the son of George Taylor Jester and his second wife, Frances Gordon Jester. He served as the Governor of Texas from 1947 until 1949, when he died of a heart attack. He is the only Texas governor to have ever died in office. - Emil Haury
Emil Walter "Doc" Haury (Born May 2, 1904 Newton, Kansas- Died December 5, 1992 Tucson, Arizona) was an influential archaeologist who specialized in the archaeology of the American Southwest. He is most famous for his work at Snaketown, a Hohokam site in Arizona. - Thomas M. Storke
Thomas More Storke (November 23, 1876-October 12, 1971) was an American politician, rancher and journalist. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he attended the public schools and graduated from Stanford University in 1898. (The Storke Publications Building at Stanford is named for his family.) He was editor and publisher of "Santa Barbara News-Press" and its predecessors; a rancher and citrus fruit grower; and postmaster of Santa Barbara from 1914 to 1921. - Joseph R. Baczko
Joseph R. Baczko (pronounced "BASS-co") Baczko is the current dean of the Lubin School of Business of Pace University. Baczko is former President/COO of Blockbuster Entertainment and founder/President of Toys "R" Us International. He is German-born of Hungarian descent and raised in France; during the 1950s Baczko immigrated to the United States with his family, eventually earning a BSFS from the School of Foreign Service and an MBA from Harvard University. - Paul Olum
Paul Olum (August 16 1918-January 19 2001) was an American mathematician and university administrator - Glen Grant
Glen Grant was a Hawaiian historian, author and folklorist. He was primarily known for his Obake Files, a collection of articles and stories regarding native and imported folktales and mythology in Hawaii. Grant was also the author of the "Chicken skin" series of ghost story anthologies, as well as host of the long-running radio show of the same name. - Charles J. Colden
Charles J. Colden (August 24, 1870 - April 15, 1938) was a Representative from California to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth United States Congress. He was born on a farm in Peoria County, Illinois and moved with his parents to Nodaway County, Missouri in 1880. He attended grade school at the Ireland Schoolhouse near their farm, and later travelled the 10 miles to the Maryville High School (Missouri) in Maryville, Missouri. - Moses W. Field
Moses Whelock Field (February 10, 1828-March 14, 1889) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Field was born in Watertown, New York and moved with his parents to Cato, New York. He attended public schools and graduated from the academy in Victor, New York. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1844 and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He served as Alderman of Detroit, 1863-1865. - Chase Osborn
Chase Salmon Osborn (January 22 1860 - April 11 1949) was an American politician, newspaper reporter and publisher, and explorer. He served as a Republican governor of Michigan from 1911 to 1913. - Leopold David
Leopold David (1878-1924) was the first mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1878 (or Nordhausen, Germany in 1881), he served in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War, achieving the rank of Sergeant First Class. In 1904, David was assigned to Fort Egbert on the Yukon River near Eagle, Alaska, where he worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Discharged in 1905, he moved to Seward, obtaining a position as manager of the Seward Drug Company. - Reyes Tamez
Reyes Tamez Guerra is a prominent Mexican immunochemist. He is a former rector of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) who served as Secretary of Education in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. - Christie Benet
Christie Benet (1879-1951) was a Democratic Party politician who briefly represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. Senate in 1918. Benet was born in Abbeville, South Carolina on December 26, 1879; he attended the common schools in his youth, and matriculated at the College of Charleston, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Virginia. He studied the law, and upon his admission to the bar began practice in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1903. - Fabian O'Dea
Fabian A. O'Dea (January 20 1918 - December 12 2004) was a lawyer and Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Born St. John's, O'Dea was educated at St. Bonaventure's College, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), University of Toronto and Dalhousie University. In 1939 he was selected Rhodes Scholar for Newfoundland, but declined in order to join the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, where he served as torpedo officer. - David L. Greenwood
David L. Greenwood has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since August 1995 and our Executive Vice President since January 2004. He is also a director of Geron Bio-Med Limited, our joint ventures TA Therapeutics, Ltd. and stART Licensing, Inc., and Clone International and XenoTrans, Ltd., both Australian companies. From August 1999 until January 2004, Mr. Greenwood also served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. - William Purington Cole Jr.
William Purington Cole, Jr. (May 11, 1889-September 22, 1957) was an American jurist and politician. From 1927 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1942, Cole was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second district of Maryland. Cole was born in Towson, Maryland and graduated as a civil engineer from Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland, College Park) in 1910. He also studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, was admitted to the bar in 1912, … - Campbell Leonard MacPherson
Campbell Leonard Macpherson (July 4, 1907 - June 28, 1973) businessman born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. Macpherson educated at Methodist College, St. John's, Westminster School, London and Columbia University was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1957. He began his career in the family business at The Royal Stores in 1925. - Robert P. Kogod
Mr. Kogod, a resident of the District of Columbia, was formerly the Co-Chairman & Co-CEO of the Charles E. Smith Companies, a major development, construction, leasing and management firm of investment real estate properties. He currently is President of CESM, Inc. and does consulting work. Mr. Kogod serves on the Board of Trustees of Vornado Realty Trust and Archstone-Smith Trust, two real estate investment trusts listed on the New York Stock Exchange. - Howard H. Leach
Howard H. Leach was United States Ambassador to France from 2001 to 2005. Born in Salinas, California, on June 19, 1930, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in 1952. Ambassador Leach studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1953 and at Stanford Advanced Management College in 1968. - Jeremy Stomberg
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George D. Kuh , Chancellor's Professor of Higher Education and Director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University - Ray Lau
Ray Lau Ray Lau served the Oklahoma Library Association in various capacities and the Northwestern Oklahoma State University community as Director of Libraries during a career spanning 29 years. As a member of OLA, Lau served as Chair of the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Committee from 1974-1978 and as the association’s Treasurer from 1981-1983. - William K. Coblentz
William K. Coblentz Mr. Coblentz has been a director of McClatchy since March 1979. He is a senior partner in the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Telesis Group from 1976 to 1992 and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Valley Foundation. From 1964 through 1980, Mr. Coblentz was a member of the University of California Board of Regents and served as chairman for two years. - Dorothy Leland
Leland is active in the local community, pushing for economic development partnerships among the city, county and university that will strengthen downtown Milledgeville and create a diversity of businesses there. She is a member of Forward Baldwin and serves on the board of directors for the Oconee River Greenway Foundation and the Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation. Building alumni relations is also a key goal for Leland. - Edward P. Roski Jr
Edward P. Roski, Jr . Partner Edward P. Roski, Jr . is the chairman and chief executive officer of one of the oldest and largest privately held real estate companies in the United States. Rated as the No. 1 Real Estate Developer in Los Angeles for over nine years, Majestic owns, manages and leases in excess of 55,000,000-sq. ft. - Colleen Conway-Welch
Dr. Conway-Welch is the dean and holds responsibilities as the chief executive officer of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee, a position she has held since 1984. - Judy Hample
Chancellor Judy Hample » Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Peter Garland Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance James Dillon Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Research Khalil Yazdi Chief Counsel Jeffrey Cooper Chancellor's Biography Dr. Judy G. Hample Judy G. Hample is chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. - Don A. Sanders
Don Sanders Principal Owner Don A. Sanders is the Founder and Chairman of Sanders Morris Harris, a Houston-based investment firm. A native of Mexia, Texas, Don graduated from Mexia High School, received his BBA degree from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and his MBA degree from the University of Texas in Austin. Don joined one of the nation's largest securities firm, E.F. Hutton & Co. in 1959 as an account executive. - Brian N. Tissot
Brian N. Tissot Effective management of marine resources requires the successful integration of rigorous scientific information, practical management strategies, and clear policy directives. Dr. Tissot’s research is focused on the interface between biology, management, and policy. He examines ecological interactions between habitat and commercially important marine fishes and invertebrates, and the role of the community in managing marine resources. - Henry Spending
Henry’s placement on the ticket would at least put the state in play, forcing Republicans to spend campaign resources there. Broadening the list of competitive states has to be a priority for both political parties as they head into the 2008 election, at a time when the regional strengths of each party only solidified during the past 2 elections." - John St.Clair
John St.Clair John St.Clair is the Executive Director of Training and Technical Services for the Tennessee Board of Regents Online Degree Program (RODP). The RODP coordinates certificate and degree programs offered by the technology centers, colleges, and universities of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). Mr. St.Clair joined the Board of Regents staff in July, 2001, as Director of Training and Faculty Development. - Christopher A. Westover
Mr. Westover has a broad corporate and securities practice involving representation of both public and privately held companies, as well as not-for-profit corporations. He has substantial experience in representing both buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions. In addition to representing numerous technology and service companies, Mr. Westover represents consumer product and retail companies. - Daniel S. Papp
Daniel Papp , senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs, University System of Georgia . Prior to his current role, Papp served from 1999-2000 as director of educational programs for the Electronic Design (Yamacraw) Program, the academic/industry initiative aimed at developing Georgia’s leadership in broadband technology. He accepted that assignment from his position as a professor in the School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech .
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