Your alma mater and famous people who went there

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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,628
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    University of Missouri. Look em' up yourself! Haha!!

    larry krystowiak?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    ldent42 said:

    I've just googled it and no one I've ever heard of is listed :lol:

    Most of the ones I'm not familiar with for college is sports related.
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

    Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Hobbes said:

    Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

    Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

    your post made me laugh for a minute
    nicely done, hobbes
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  • DancedNLaughter
    DancedNLaughter the 509 Posts: 323
    WSU

    Edward R. Murrow
    Sherman Alexie
    Gary Larson (Far Side Cartoonist)
    Dolph Lundgren
    Hobbes said:

    Went to Gonzaga University for a minute.

    Bing Crosby. (Kicked out, as was I.)

    Wow Hobbes, pretty impressive (even for a minute) :)
    I had the grades, but not the $$ to go to Gonzaga. Plus I didn't think I could hack Catholic college!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    hedonist said:

    I didn't go to college but for one semester :bee:

    But before that through Jr. High and HS, shared classes, good times and plenty of bud with Slash, Tracy Ulrich, Steve Adler, and Hillel Slovak's little bro (my sister qualifies for the actual RHCP crew in school).

    And holy shit! I just did a search on my high school (Fairfax) -

    Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
    Byron Allen, talk show host
    Herb Alpert, musician, music industry executive
    David Arquette, actor
    Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
    Stephen M.H. Braitman, writer, editor, music appraiser (www.NeedleScreech.com)
    Kevin Bell, Basketball Player Fresno State
    Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
    Gower Champion, director and choreographer
    Mike Epstein, major league baseball player
    Chuck Essegian, outfielder, 1959 World Champion Dodgers
    Steven Gee, Fairfax High School English Teacher, reality star, Winner of Solitary Season One(Solitary (TV series))
    Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
    Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
    Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
    Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
    Timothy Hutton, actor
    Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
    David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
    Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
    Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
    Jonathan King, editor (Sunset, Sierra, Mother Jones, The Berkeleyan)
    Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
    Lenny Kravitz, musician
    Mila Kunis, actress
    Dave Kushner, musician (Velvet Revolver)
    Carole Lombard, actress
    Barbara Mujica writer
    Bria Myles, model, actress
    Chris Mills, professional basketball player
    Ricardo Montalban, actor [4]
    Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
    Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
    Jaclyn Ngan, actress (Freedom Writers)
    Alex Thomas, comedian
    Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
    Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
    Mickey Rooney, actor
    Serge Alexander, Designer
    Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
    Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher & MVP of the 1959 World Series
    Norm Sherry, major league baseball catcher
    Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
    Craig Smith, basketball player
    Joe Shipp, Basketball player Cal Bears
    Josh Shipp, Basketball player UCLA Bruins
    Liza Snyder, actress
    Phil Spector, record producer
    Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
    Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
    Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five
    Chanel Iman, supermodel
    Lenny Krayzelburg, 2000, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (USA)
    Coach Sean M. Higgins Basketball

    A happnin' place!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Interesting notion- never really thought about this beyond the few I've known.
    Cubberley High School:
    Ron Jones, author of "Acorn People" and whose classroom teaching methods was used to create The Third Wave social movement (also the Film) taught at my high school.
    Two drummers in big name bands went to my high school.

    San Francisco State University, several but some of the better know names:
    Ben Fong-Torres, editor Rolling Stone
    Ernest J Gaines, author
    Frances Mayes, author
    Anne Rice, author
    Annette Bening, actor
    David Carradine, actor
    Dana Carvey, comedian/actor
    Peter Coyote, actor, author
    Danny Glover, actor
    Rob Schneider, comedian/actor
    Paul Desmond, musician
    George Duke, musician/producer
    Vince Guaraldi, musician
    Kirk Hammett, Metallica
    Dan Hicks, musician
    Johnny Mathis, singer
    Cal Tjader, musician
    Willie Brown, politician
    Ron Dellums, former mayor of Oakland
    John Handy, musician

    CA State Univ. Chico:
    Raymond Carver, author
    Mark Davis, Raiders owner
    John Gardener, (faculty) author

    Sonoma State University
    Author/historian William C. Davis
    Carl Peterson, K. C. Chief's former president & general manager.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,458
    edited December 2015
    Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, my list is a little different :lol:

    Georg Friedrich Händel, composer
    Justus Falckner, first Lutheran pastor to be ordained in the US
    Dorothea Christiane von Erxleben, first female to get a medical PhD in Germany
    Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt, historian
    Clemens Brentano, poet
    Joseph von Eichendorff, poet
    Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician
    Friedrich Schorlemmer, theologist
    Post edited by Leezestarr313 on
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited December 2015
    Most results copied from Wikipedia

    *knew the person
    **good friends
    ***still friends

    Southeast High School (huge football school):

    NFL

    Todd Williams, OL, Tennessee Titans/Minnesota Vikings

    *John Reeves, LB, San Diego Chargers

    *Alphonso Roundtree, DB, Miami Dolphins

    *Peter Warrick, WR, Cincinnati Bengals/Seattle Seahawks

    Adrian McPherson, QB, New Orleans Saints

    *Reggie Green, OL, Seattle Seahawks

    Ukee Dozier, CB, Minnesota Vikings

    Bosley Allen, WR, San Francisco 49ers

    Keaton Cromartie, LB, Green Bay Packers

    Ahmad Miller, DT, New York Giants

    Steve Cucci, TE, Atlanta Falcons

    Ryan Rantz, WR, New England Patriots

    Mike Jenkins, CB, 2008 Dallas Cowboys 1st Round Draft Pick

    Julius Wilson, OL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    Rod Harper, WR, New Orleans Saints

    AJ Love, WR, Minnesota Vikings

    Jon Hoag, K, Oakland Raiders


    MLB

    *Joe Mays, P, Minnesota Twins (2001 MLB All Star)/Kansas City Royals/Cincinnati Reds

    Bruce Westbrook, P, Pittsburgh Pirates


    NBA

    **Clifford Rozier, Golden State Warriors


    Entertainment

    Sarah Glendening, All My Children and As the World Turns

    Erin Collett, Dancing with the Stars and Champion Season 4



    Stetson University (good baseball program):

    MLB

    Brian Bocock, Philadelphia Phillies

    Jacob deGrom, New York Mets, 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Award Winner

    Lenny DiNardo , Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals

    Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians, 2014 AL CY Young Award Winner

    *Kevin Nicholson, San Diego Padres, 2004 Olympian (Canada)


    NBA

    Lorenzo Williams, Hornets, Magic, Mavs, Wizards


    Entertainment

    Jeff Bowen, author and star of Broadway play title of show

    Wilma Burgess, American country music singer; charted six singles on Billboard country charts in the 1960s and 1970s.

    Ted Cassidy, actor who played Lurch on The Addams Family

    *Andy Dehnart, journalist, blogger, reality television critic, creator of http://www.realityblurred.com

    *Melodee DeVevo, member of Dove Award-winning band Casting Crowns

    Avantika Hari, filmmaker, writer and director of the award-winning Land Gold Women

    Britt McHenry, ESPN Reporter

    **Lisa Molinaro, violist, multi-instrumentalist, Modest Mouse

    ***Dexter Palmer, author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion and the forthcoming Version Control


    Emerson College (mostly funny people):

    Too many to mention, but I'll list Henry Winkler, Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Norman Lear, Bill Burr, Jay Leno, Paul Thomas Anderson, Andy Wachowski, Mario Cantone, Brandon Lee, Steve Sweeney, Joe Randazzo, David Cross, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Coolidge, Spalding Gray, Laura Kightlinger.
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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited December 2015
    Impressive lists everyone :), I went to the same school as Pelle Almqvist and the rest of the group The Hives. I'm not sure if they're still playing.
    Post edited by Annafalk on
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    deadendp said:

    My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni

    Dolph Ziggler! The 11 year old nephew will be impressed. ;)
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    Binghamton

    According to wiki:

    Arnold J. Levine, '61, molecular biologist, President of Rockefeller University
    Ellyn Kaschak, '65, clinical psychologist, retired professor
    Deborah Tannen, '66, academic/writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication
    Ronald G. Ehrenberg, '66, Labor Economist & Author
    Camille Paglia, '68, critic, author
    David E. Wellbery, '69, scholar, author
    Tony Kornheiser, '70, host of The Tony Kornheiser Show
    Norman Finkelstein, '74, political scientist, professor
    Stewart D. Friedman, '74, author and professor[86]
    Elaine D. Kaplan, '76, Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
    Paul Reiser, '77, actor, comedian
    Thomas Secunda, '77, American business executive; Co-Founder/Vice Chairman of Bloomberg L.P.[87]
    Lee Ranaldo, '78, musician, writer, artist
    Ruben Santiago-Hudson, '78, actor
    Marc Lawrence, '81, screenwriter and director
    Karthik Sivakumar, Indian Actor
    Alan Berliner, '82, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
    Donna Lupardo, MA '83, New York State Assembly
    Billy Baldwin, '85, actor
    Michael Lederer, '81, author
    John Liu, '88, 43rd New York City Comptroller
    Stephanie Courtney, '92, actor, Flo (Progressive Insurance)
    Hakeem Jeffries, '92, New York State Assembly, United States House of Representatives
    Amy Dacey, '93, CEO of the Democratic National Committee
    Art Spiegelman, 1995 Honorary Doctorate. Cartoonist and Editor, creator of Maus (attended Harpur, never graduated)
    Faisal Farooqui, '99, Founder and CEO of MouthShut.com[88]
    Steven Fulop, '99, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
    Ingrid Michaelson, '01, musician
    Jillian York, '04, journalist

    Flo from Progressive lol
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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    SVRDhand13 said:

    Binghamton

    According to wiki:

    Arnold J. Levine, '61, molecular biologist, President of Rockefeller University
    Ellyn Kaschak, '65, clinical psychologist, retired professor
    Deborah Tannen, '66, academic/writer on linguistics, discourse analysis, and interpersonal communication
    Ronald G. Ehrenberg, '66, Labor Economist & Author
    Camille Paglia, '68, critic, author
    David E. Wellbery, '69, scholar, author
    Tony Kornheiser, '70, host of The Tony Kornheiser Show
    Norman Finkelstein, '74, political scientist, professor
    Stewart D. Friedman, '74, author and professor[86]
    Elaine D. Kaplan, '76, Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
    Paul Reiser, '77, actor, comedian
    Thomas Secunda, '77, American business executive; Co-Founder/Vice Chairman of Bloomberg L.P.[87]
    Lee Ranaldo, '78, musician, writer, artist
    Ruben Santiago-Hudson, '78, actor
    Marc Lawrence, '81, screenwriter and director
    Karthik Sivakumar, Indian Actor
    Alan Berliner, '82, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker
    Donna Lupardo, MA '83, New York State Assembly
    Billy Baldwin, '85, actor
    Michael Lederer, '81, author
    John Liu, '88, 43rd New York City Comptroller
    Stephanie Courtney, '92, actor, Flo (Progressive Insurance)
    Hakeem Jeffries, '92, New York State Assembly, United States House of Representatives
    Amy Dacey, '93, CEO of the Democratic National Committee
    Art Spiegelman, 1995 Honorary Doctorate. Cartoonist and Editor, creator of Maus (attended Harpur, never graduated)
    Faisal Farooqui, '99, Founder and CEO of MouthShut.com[88]
    Steven Fulop, '99, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
    Ingrid Michaelson, '01, musician
    Jillian York, '04, journalist

    Flo from Progressive lol

    Someone from my graduating class is mayor of Jersey City or any city. Fuck, I'm getting old.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,640
    University of Maryland

    It's a long list so here's a few highlights. ....

    Jim Henson
    Larry David
    Savid Simon (The Wire )
    Connie Chung
    Bonnie Bernstein
    Scott Van Pelt
    Steve Francis
    Steve Blake
    Boomer Esiason
    Carl Bernstein
    Len Elmore
    Tom McMillen
    John Lucas
    Vernon Davis
    Dominique Dawes
    Tim Kurkjian
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,628
    Flo from Progressive is awesome! did that girl fall into a goldmine or what?????

    brian - the SFSU list is more impressive that I might have thought :smiley:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,628
    deadendp said:

    My husband and I went to Kent State University. (Yes, 4 dead in O-Hi-O.) The list was long. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kent_State_University_alumni

    as an OU grad, I must say your list sucks, other than joe walsh, chrissie hynde and drew carey (none of whom actually graduated) :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    No love for Mark Mothersbaugh?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnSn3SLZoNM
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,670
    Go Boilers!
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