- Kathy Cox
Kathy Cox is the current superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a Republican. A teacher by occupation, Cox also served two terms, from 1998 to 2002, in the Georgia General Assembly, representing Peachtree City, Georgia, prior to her election as superintendent in 2002. Cox sought re-election in 2006, and she easily defeated Democratic challenger Denise Majette (a former U.S. representative), earning almost 60 percent of the vote. - Rod Paige
Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, built a career on a belief that education equalizes opportunity, moving from college dean and school superintendent to be the first African American to serve as the nation's education chief. Paige was sitting with George W. Bush at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, … - Al Sharpton
Al-Qaida fighters and other Sunni insurgents have largely scattered from the northern city of Mosul in the face of a U.S.-Iraqi sweep, fleeing to desert areas further south, an Iraqi commander said Sunday. He vowed the forces will not allow them to regroup. - Roy Romer
Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. Romer was first elected in 1986, re-elected in 1990 and 1994; he was the last Colorado governor to serve three terms. He was Colorado State Treasurer from 1977-1987, and a member of the governor's cabinet. - Paul Vallas
Paul G. Vallas is the new superintendent of the Recovery School District of New Orleans in Louisiana. He first gained fame as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). During his tenure from 1995 to 2001, he led an effort to reform the school system, and his work was cited by President Bill Clinton for raising test scores, improving relations with the teachers' union, balancing the budget, and instituting several new programs included mandatory summer school, … - David Jones
David Jones (25 October 1834 - 2 December 1906) was locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland. He was credited with the design of the first British 4-6-0 which was strongly influenced by a Scottish locomotive design for Indian Railways. Born in Manchester, where his father was an engineer, Jones spent part of his apprenticeship under John Ramsbottom, the district superintendent of the North Eastern Division of London and North Western Railway. - Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. Carnegie ["pronounce" ] is known for having built one of the most powerful and influential corporations in United States history, and, later in his life, giving away most of his riches to fund the establishment of many libraries, schools, and universities in America, … - Michelle Rhee
Michelle Rhee is the founder and President of The New Teacher Project, a non-profit organization which partners with high-needs school districts to recruit and train new teachers. She founded the program in 1997, and it has since expanded to forty programs in twenty states, having recruited more than 10,000 teachers. On June 12th, 2007, Washington, DC mayor Adrian Fenty announced that he had chosen her to replace Superintendent of DC Public Schools, … - Mark Roosevelt
Mark Roosevelt (b. 1955) is the superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the second largest school district in Pennsylvania, and a former state legislator in Massachusetts. He was also the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1994. The incumbent Republican governor William Weld defeated him in a landslide, 71%-28%. Roosevelt's lieutenant gubernatorial nominee was Bob Massie. Roosevelt served in the Massachusetts General Court from 1986 to 1994, … - Inez Tenenbaum
Inez Tenenbaum , Former South Carolina Superintendent of Education - Cecil J. Picard
Cecil J. Picard (January 1, 1938-February 15, 2007) was the appointed Louisiana state superintendent of education from 1996 until his death, which followed a 21-month fight against the deadly Lou Gehrig's disease. Picard was also a former Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He was originally from the village of Maurice in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana, having previously been a teacher, coach, and principal. - Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart, PC (Strabane, Ontario August 26, 1868 - December 6, 1946 Ottawa) was a Canadian politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921. Stewart entered the provincial legislature as a Liberal MLA in the 1909 provincial election. In 1912, he was appointed to the provincial Cabinet, first as minister of municipal affairs, and later as public works minister. When Premier Sifton joined the federal government, Stewart became the new Premier. - Linda Schrenko
Linda Schrenko is a former superintendent of schools in the U.S. state of Georgia who was convicted on an embezzlement scheme and sentenced to 8 years in prison. - Peter Hutchinson
Peter Hutchinson (born December 17, 1949) is an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Minnesota. He ran as an Independent candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2006. He received the endorsement of the Independence Party of Minnesota. Hutchinson was born in Faribault, Minnesota, but moved to Rochester, New York with his family at a young age. He attended Dartmouth College, where he received a bachelor's degree in government and urban studies, … - John Lawrence
John Gordon Michael Lawrence (29 September 1915 - 14 November 2002) was a leading far left activitist in a wide variety of groups in the United Kingdom. - John May
Superintendent John May was the first commander of the Metropolitan Police A Division, which policed the Whitehall area of London. Since the divisional station house was adjacent to the offices of the Joint Commissioners, Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne, May began to serve as unofficial second-in-command of the force, providing a link between the Commissioners and their men. - James Baldwin
James Baldwin (1841 - 1925) was born in Indiana and made a career as an educator and administrator there starting at the age of 24. After a long career in education, he went on to become a widely published schoolbook editor and author in the subjects of legends, mythology, biography, and literature, among others. - Ken James
T. Kenneth James, Ed.D., was appointed as Commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education by Governor Mike Huckabee on March 1, 2004, effective May 3, 2004. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Superintendent of Schools in Fayette County Public Schools (Lexington, Kentucky); Little Rock, Arkansas; Van Buren, Arkansas and Batesville, Arkansas. - Ali Dizaei
Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei (born c 1962) is a senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police. An Iranian-born Muslim with dual nationality, he came to prominence after an inquiry into alleged malpractice (of which he was cleared) and has frequently spoken out in the media on a variety of issues, mainly concerned with ethnicity and religion. Dizaei's father was a deputy commissioner of police in Tehran. - Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley b. Phoebe Ann Mosey was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and luck led to a starring role in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. Using a .22 caliber rifle at 90 feet (27 m), Oakley could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground. - Kenny Guinn
Kenneth Carroll "Kenny" Guinn (born August 24, 1936) is an American educator and businessman who was a two-term Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. Guinn is a member of the Republican party. He was born in Garland, Arkansas and grew up in Exeter, California. He and his wife Dema, whom he married in Reno on July 7, 1956, have two sons, Jeff and Steve. Kenny Guinn earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education from Fresno State College. - Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor (born 1955) is the former New York State Superintendent of Banks. She is the companion to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. - David Mills
David Mills, PC (March 18 1831 - May 8 1903) was a Canadian politician, author, poet and jurist. He was born in Palmyra, in southwestern Ontario. His father, Nathaniel Mills, was one of the first settlers in the area. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Mills served as superintendent of schools for Kent County from 1856 to 1865. - Marcus Foster
Marcus A. Foster (1923 - 1973) was a charismatic and highly esteemed African-American educator who gained a national reputation for educational excellence while serving as principal of Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Associate Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, and as the first black Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California. Foster was murdered in 1973 by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. - Sylvanus Thayer
Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States. Thayer was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, the son of farmer Nathaniel Thayer and his wife Dorcas. In 1799 at the age of 14, Thayer was sent to live with his uncle Azariah Faxon and attend school in Washington, … - Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams (May 20, 1751 - May 16, 1815), American businessman, military figure, politician and writer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin. He became Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers, was the first superintendent of West Point, and was elected to the Fourteenth United States Congress. Williams spent most of the period from 1770 to 1785 in England and France, … - Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Glenn Miller (March 28, 1950 - May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio when he was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings while protesting the Vietnam War. At the time of his death, Miller had recently transferred to Kent State from Michigan State University. Of the four students killed at Kent State that day, Miller was standing closest to the Guardsmen. - Norma Paulus
Norma Paulus (b. March 13 1933) born Norma Jean Petersen in Belgrade, Nebraska is a Republican politician from the state of Oregon, United States. Raised as one of seven children in Eastern Oregon, Paulus started her working career as the secretary for the district attorney for Harney County in Burns, Oregon. Then after recovering from polio she moved to Salem, Oregon and worked as a legal secretary, … - James McBride
James McBride, (February 9 1802-December 18 1875) born near present-day Nashville, Tennessee, was one of the founders of the Republican Party in Oregon. - Jens Jensen
Jens Jensen (September 13, 1860 - October 1, 1951) was a Danish born American landscape architect. - Tarique Ghaffur
Tarique Ghaffur <small>CBE QPM</small> is a high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. He is currently Assistant Commissioner-Central Operations. Born in Uganda to Pakistani parents in 1958, Ghaffur and his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1972 after President Idi Amin forcibly expelled most of the country's minority South Asian population. - William J. Lennox Jr.
Lieutenant General (Ret.) William James Lennox, Jr. of Houston, Texas, assumed duties as the 56th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York on 8 June 2001. He entered the Army following graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1971, where he earned his commission as a lieutenant of Field Artillery. General Lennox has served in a wide variety of field assignments. He served as a Forward Observer, Executive Officer, … - Graham Smith
Graham Smith was a Deputy Senior Personal Protection Officer to the Prince of Wales from 1981 to the 1990s. He was a Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department and Detective for the Princess of Wales. He died in 1993. - Josiah Bunting III
Josiah Bunting III (born 1939) is an American educator. He has been a military officer, college president, and an author and speaker on education and Western culture. - Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Norman Vincent Peale was the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church for 52 years and one of the most influential religious figures of the 20th Century. The author of 46 books, including the all-time inspirational best-seller, The Power of Positive Thinking . With Marble Church as a base, Dr. Peale launched far-reaching innovations in the decades of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. - Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis (born May 26, 1977) is an American golfer who was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the Mill Creek Golf Club, also in Ostrander. Curtis is a graduate of Buckeye Valley High School and Kent State University, where he was a star on the golf team. - Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now the Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. - William J. Bratton
William Joseph 'Bill' Bratton is currently the 54th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and was formerly Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, the only person to hold both positions. Born on October 6, 1947, Bratton is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston Technical High School, graduating in 1965. From there, he served in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army during the Vietnam War, … - William Mulholland
William Mulholland (September 11 1855 - July 22 1935) was a water-services engineer in Southern California, United States. He was born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) and emigrated to New York City in the 1870s with his brother Hugh Mulholland and traveled to San Francisco in 1877. Mulholland worked as a miner in Arizona Territory before moving to the city that would build his reputation, Los Angeles. - John McClelland
John McClelland was a British medical doctor with interests in geology and biology, who worked for the East India Company. He was appointed 1836 as the secretary of the "Coal Committee", the forerunner of the Geological Survey India (GSI), formed to explore possibilities to exploit Indian coal. He was the first to propose hiring professional geologists for the task. He also served as an interim superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden from 1846 to 1847.
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