FAMOUS GRADUATES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES |
Famous Community College Graduates from Illinois |
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Gwendolyn
Brooks,
Pulitzer Prize-winning
author and poet
City
Colleges of Chicago, IL |
Thomas
Donovan, president/CEO,
Chicago Board of Trade
City Colleges of Chicago, IL |
Cynthia
T. Henderson,
hospital medical director, social activist
Malcolm X College, IL
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Dennis
Farino,
television actor
City Colleges of Chicago, IL |
Ann
Gerber,
editor, columnist, author
Wilbur Wright College, IL |
Arthur
Goldberg,
Supreme Court of Justice
Crane Junior College, IL
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Maureen
Dunne,
Rhodes Scholar
College of DuPage, IL
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Alan
Kehlet,
McDonnell
Douglass
Vice-President
Joliet Junior College, IL
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| Edward
Madigan, Former
U.S. Congressman
Lincoln College, IL
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Blanche
Manning,
Illinois
Appellate Court of Justice
City Colleges of Chicago, IL
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George
E. Sangmeister, congressman
Joliet Junior College, IL
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John
Sisco,
presidential
adviser, negotiator
Morton College, IL
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| Dr.
Byron Skinner, president,
San Jose College
City Colleges of Chicago, IL
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Wayne
Watson, Chancellor,
City Colleges of Chicago
Joliet Junior College, IL |
K.
Kristene Koontz Gugliuzza,
M.D., associate clinical professor,
Department of Surgery University of Texas Medical Branch
Lake Land College, IL
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And a Few Others Who Might Surprise You!
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| Carroll
Baker,
actress
St. Petersburg Junior College, FL |
Benjamin
Cayetano,
Governor
of Hawaii
Los Angeles Harbor College, CA |
David
Chu,
president and CEO,
Nautica Fashion
Institute of Technology, NY |
Michael Johnson,
president,
Buena Vista Home Video
Jackson Community College, MI |
Billy
Crystal,
actor & comedian
Nassau Community College, NY
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Katherine
Dunham,
dancer
Joliet Junior College, NY
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Calvin
Klein,
fashion designer
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
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Morgan
Freeman,
actor
Los Angeles City College, CA
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Robert
"Hoot" Gibson,
NASA astronaut
Suffolk County Community College, NY
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Tom
Hanks,
Oscar winning actor
Chabot College, CA
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Denis
Hayes,
Earth Day creator
Clark College, WA
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B.R.
"Bobby" Inman,
retired Admiral, USN, CIA director
Tyler Junior College, TX
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Jane
Curtin,
actress
Elizabeth Seton Junior College, NY
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Ewing
Kauffman, Kansas
City Royals owner
Kansas City Junior College, MO
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Clint
Eastwood,
actor & Oscar Award Winning director
Los Angeles City College, CA |
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And a Few More...
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| Harry
M. Krogh, president/CEO,
Osh Kosh Corp.
McCook Junior College, NE
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Jim
Lehrer,
broadcast journalist
Victoria College, TX
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Jack
Listanowsky,
vice president,
The Limited Inc.
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
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Ray
Marshall,
former Secretary of Labor
Hinds Community College, MS
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Jackie
Robinson,
baseball player (Dodgers),
First African American to play professional baseball
Pasadena City College, CA
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R.
Bruce Merrifield, 1985 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry,
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Rockefeller University
Pasadena City College, CA
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Sarah
McClendon, Washington correspondent,
author, & lecturer,McClendon News Service
Tyler Junior College, TX
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Barbara
Mullins,
senior vice president of TV production,
BBDO North America
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
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| Francine
Neff,
U.S. Treasurer
Cottey Junior College, MO |
H.
Ross Perot, corporate executive, 1992
Presidential Candidate
Texarkana Junior College, TX |
Jane
H. Pinzauti,
senior art director,
Estee Lauder Fashion Institute of Technology, NY |
James
McDivitt, astronaut
Jackson Community College, MI
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Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen,
congresswoman
Miami-Dade Community College, FL |
Alvin
"Pete" Rozelle,
NFL commissioner
Compton Community College, CA |
Sam Shepard,
actor, playwright
Mount San Antonio College,
CA |
Gladys
Swarthout,
opera singer
Metropolitan Junior College, MO
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Maxwell
Taylor,
Ret. Gen. (Chief of Staff), ambassador
Metropolitan
Junior College, MO |
Tommy
Tune, choreographer, dancer
Lon Morris College, TX
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Jeanne
Kirkpatrick,
educator, stateswoman
Stephens College, MO |
Dick Vermeil,
football coach, sportscaster
Napa Valley College, CA
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Becky
Wallace,
U. S. Marshal,
Department of Justice
Montgomery
Community College, NC |
Linda
Beauchamp, president,
Donna Karan Menswear
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY |
Yvonne
Bodle, California Community College
System Board of Governors
Ventura College, CA |
Rita Mae
Brown,
author
Broward Community College, FL |
Joyce
Luther Kennard,
California Supreme Court of Justice
Pasadena City College, CA |
Eileen
Collins,
NASA astronaut, First woman Space Shuttle Commander
Corning Community College, NY |
Charles
Collingwood,
CBS news correspondent
Deep Springs College, NY |
Joy Herfel
Cronin,
vice president,
Polo
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY |
| Bonnie
Campbell,
Director, Violence Against Women Office,
U.S. Dept. of Justice
Des Moines Area Community College, IA
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Cathy
Turner,
two-time Olympic gold medal winner
in short-track speed skating
Monroe Community College, NY |
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