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This is a list of notable graduates of Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York.

Notable alumni

Academia

  • Frederick W. Capshaw - Class of 1966[2] - President of Community College of Philadelphia from December 15, 1993 [3] until his death at age 53 on June 23, 1998[4]
  • Edward Countryman - Class of 1966 - distinguished professor of history at Southern Methodist University [5]
  • Christopher Coyne - Class of 1999 - assistant professor of economics at West Virginia University
  • David Danahar - Class of 1963 [6] - President [7] of Southwest Minnesota State University [8]

Arts and literature

Business

Entertainment

Journalism

Rudy Giuliani

Government and Public Policy

Raymond W. Kelly

Law

  • Anthony V. Cardona - Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, New York Supreme Court
  • Ronald L. Ellis - Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Joseph Raymond Jackson - former Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
  • John F. Keenan - Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • John S. Martin- former U.S. Attorney and Judge for United States District for the Southern District of New York

Math and Science

  • Kevin Campbell - Principal Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; internationally recognized for his contributions to muscular dystrophy research
  • James W. Cooley - mathematician, co-author of the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) algorithm used in digital processing
  • Peter J. Denning - award-winning computer scientist best known for inventing the working-set model for program behavior, which defeated thrashing in operating systems and became the reference standard for all memory management policies
  • Gary J. Foley - Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Exposure Research Laboratory
  • Michael J. Flynn - professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University; recipient of Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
  • Edward E. Hammer - IEEE Edison Medal for fluorescent lighting research
  • Valery Havard - botanist for which many Texas plants are named, including the Chisos bluebonnet (Lupinus havardii), Havard oak (Quercus havardii), and Havard's evening primrose (Oenothera havardii)
  • Michael Walsh - Vehicle emissions engineer and 2005 MacArthur Fellow

Religion

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Football

  • Vincent dePaul Draddy - Manhattan College quarterback who developed the Izod and Lacoste brands. College Football Hall of Famer and Chairman of the National Football Foundation. The Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy is a trophy awarded by the National Football Foundation that is given to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance. It is considered by many to be the "Academic Heisman."
  • Vic Fusia - former head football coach of the University of Massachusetts
  • Dick Tuckey - former professional American football running back
  • Pat Kirwan (football) - Receivers Coach and Personnel Assistant for the New York Jets under Pete Carroll. Currently Senior Football Analyst for the National Football League website.
  • Frank Gnup - Award winning and all-star Canadian football player, and later legendary coach of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.

Track & field

  • Lindy Remigino - Gold medalist in 100-meter dash and 4x100 relay 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics
  • Lou Jones - World record holder at 400 meters; gold medalist in 4x400 meter relay at the 1956 Mexico City Summer Olympics
  • Doug Logan - CEO of USA Track & Field; first commission of Major League Soccer
  • Tom Murphy - Gold medalist in the men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago
  • Aliann Pompey - Olympic sprinter
  • Brian Kivlan - 26th American to run a 1 mile race in under 4 minutes [18] with a time of 3:57.4 in 1968.[19]

References

  1. ^ http://pro.osu.edu/profiles/alutto.1/ accessdate=2011-12-02
  2. ^ Capshaw, Frederick. "Class of 1966". Jasper Jottings. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  3. ^ Capshaw, Frederick. "President Named At Community College Of Phila". The (Philadelphia) Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  4. ^ Capshaw, Frederick. "A Champion Of Hope Determined To Fight Despair, Frederick Capshaw Led Community-college Education Into New Arenas". The (Philadelphia) Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  5. ^ Countryman page at SMU
  6. ^ http://jasperjottings-daily.com/2012/01/01/jfound-danahar-david-c-mc-president-southwest-minnesota-state-university-2/
  7. ^ Presidential profile
  8. ^ Southwest Minnesota State University
  9. ^ https://manhattan.edu/faculty/kevinfarley
  10. ^ http://www.chem.duke.edu/~clochmul/
  11. ^ NNDB: Frederick W. Gluck
  12. ^ "Thomas J. Moran". NECO. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  13. ^ Reference for Business: Thomas D. O'Mally
  14. ^ NNDB: Stephen G. Thieke
  15. ^ American Dream Show: Charles A. Gargano
  16. ^ NNDB: John McCarthy
  17. ^ NNDB: Peter J. Powers
  18. ^ http://americanmilers.org/elite-members/
  19. ^ http://www.runningsubfour.com/The-Mile-List.html
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