Gloria Allred
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Feminist, lawyer
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M.A., 1971
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Anne M. Tatlock
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Chairman, president and CEO of Fiduciary Trust Company International.[1]
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Masters in Economics
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David Antin
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Poet
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M.A., 1966
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PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry
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Rita Mae Brown
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Author
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M.A., 1964
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Rubyfruit Jungle
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Lawrence Joseph DeNardis
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M.A., 1960; Ph.D., 1989
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United States House of Representatives
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Stavros Dimas
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Politician
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M.A., 1969
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European Commissioner for the Environment
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William Henry Draper, Jr.
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Diplomat
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M.A., 1917
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Under Secretary of War and the Army
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Robert Patrick John Finn
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Diplomat
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M.A.
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U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
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Yury Gitman
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Artist
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M.A.
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Inventor of electronic art
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Joseph Heller
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Author
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M.A. in English 1945 – *
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Catch-22
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Bernard Herrmann
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Composer
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Student under Percy Grainger at NYU
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Academy Award 1941, All That Money Can Buy
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Heather M. Hodges
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Diplomat
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M.A.
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U.S. Ambassador to Moldova
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Rush Holt
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M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981
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United States House of Representatives (1999–)
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Meir Kahane
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Founder of the U.S. Jewish Defense League
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M.A., 1957
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Leader of the Kach political party in the Israeli Knesset
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Abby F. Kohnstramm
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Senior VP, IBM
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M.A., M.B.A.
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Elodie Lauten
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Composer
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M.A., 1986
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Evelyn Lear
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Soprano
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Grammy Award 1966 for her performance of Berg's Wozzeck
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John McGrath
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Artistic Director
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Ph.D., 1999
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Artistic Director and CEO of the Manchester International Festival
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Raymond Joseph McGrath
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M.A., 1968
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United States House of Representatives (1981–1993)
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Janet Mock
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Writer
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M.A. 2006[2]
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GLAAD Media Stephen F. Kolzak Award 2020,[3] Shorty Award for Best in Activism 2016[4]
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Leonard Peikoff
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Philosopher
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M.A., 1957, Ph.D., 1964
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Leading advocate of Objectivism
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B. Caroll Reece
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M.A., 1916
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United States House of Representatives (1921–1961)
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J.D. Salinger
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Author
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coursework*
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Catcher in the Rye
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Agnes Varis
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Entrepreneur
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M.A., 1977, M.B.A., 1979
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Founder of Aegis Pharmaceuticals
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Ocean Vuong
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Author
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M.F.A., 2016[5]
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MacArthur "Genius" Grant 2019, Whiting Award 2016, T.S. Eliot Prize 2017[6]
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Judith Weis
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Marine Biologist
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M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1967
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Saul Williams
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Poet
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M.A., 1995
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Amethyst Rock Star
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John Woodruff
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Athlete
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M.A., 1941
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Olympic gold medalist, 1936
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Minoru Yamasaki
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Architect
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M.A., 1951
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Works include the World Trade Center
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Mary Carlin Yates
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Diplomat
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M.A., Ph.D.
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U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana
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