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Name changed to Massachusetts State College in 1931.<p> <b>Location:</b><br><a href="/geo/397/000069190/" class=proflink>Amherst, MA</a><p> <b>Founding Date:</b><br>1863<p><b>Team:</b><br><a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/" target=_blank>Minutemen</a><p><b>Mascot:</b><br>Minuteman<p><b>Radio Station:</b><br>WMUA 91.1 FM<p><b>Enrollment:</b><br>25,000<p><b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.umass.edu/">http://www.umass.edu/</a><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>STUDENTS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000026039/"><font size=-1>Norm Abram</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Master carpenter, <i>This Old House</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000172471/"><font size=-1>Robert Band</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Perini Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/936/000364841/"><font size=-1>Herbert P. Bix</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000349456/"><font size=-1>Kevin Chapman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Det. Fusco on <i>Person of Interest</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000026438/"><font size=-1>Rob Corddry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Daily Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000164109/"><font size=-1>Jeff Corwin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jul-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Animal Planet host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000168539/"><font size=-1>Kathleen A. Cote</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Worldport Communications, 2001-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000136337/"><font size=-1>Jeffrey Donovan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Michael Westen on <i>Burn Notice</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000398436/"><font size=-1>Jeffery M. Dorwart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Pigtail War</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000123740/"><font size=-1>John G. Drosdick</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Aug-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Sunoco, 2000-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000173508/"><font size=-1>Christopher F. Egan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to OECD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000219694/"><font size=-1>Kenneth Feinberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/878/000170368/"><font size=-1>Mark N. Greene</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Fair Isaac</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000174338/"><font size=-1>Brian Helgeland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Screenwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Knight's Tale</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/992/000099695/"><font size=-1>Russell A. Hulse</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Discovered first binary pulsar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/661/000122295/"><font size=-1>Thomas C. Krajeski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Yemen, 2004-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000100897/"><font size=-1>J Mascis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Frontman for <i>Dinosaur Jr.</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000168561/"><font size=-1>Vivek Paul</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000166280/"><font size=-1>Rick Pitino</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Basketball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head Coach, University of Louisville</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000172852/"><font size=-1>Stephen A. Seche</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Yemen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/696/000046558/"><font size=-1>Betty Shabazz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Widow of Malcolm X</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000205725/"><font size=-1>Billy Taylor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000141039/"><font size=-1>Peter G. Torkildsen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000025928/"><font size=-1>Jack Welch</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of GE, 1981-2001</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000114743/"><font size=-1>Chinua Achebe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Things Fall Apart</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000165779/"><font size=-1>Sheila C. Bair</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>FDIC Chairman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/658/000367554/"><font size=-1>Paul S. Boyer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Aug-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>When Time Shall Be No More</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/519/000169012/"><font size=-1>Johnnetta B. Cole</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Spelman College, 1987-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/502/000366401/"><font size=-1>Peter H. Irons</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A People's History of the Supreme Court</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000165566/"><font size=-1>John V. Lombardi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Louisiana State University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000254599/"><font size=-1>Michael E. Mann</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Climate change scientist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000268421/"><font size=-1>Lynn Margulis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Origin of eukaryotic organelles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000039964/"><font size=-1>John Olver</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Massachusetts 1st</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000086440/"><font size=-1>Archie Shepp</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz tenor saxophonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000099391/"><font size=-1>James Tate</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Lost Pilot</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000099698/"><font size=-1>Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Discovered first binary pulsar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000062292/"><font size=-1>William Julius Wilson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sociologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Dec-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Poverty in America's inner cities</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000165566/"><font size=-1>John V. Lombardi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Louisiana State University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000165577/"><font size=-1>Andrew A. Sorensen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000206941/"><font size=-1>Jack M. Wilson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, University of Massachusetts</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>COACHES</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_coach"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000166314/"><font size=-1>John Calipari</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Basketball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head Coach, University of Kentucky</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000165810/"><font size=-1>Dick MacPherson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Syracuse Head Coach, 1981-90</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=82411" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/274/000002268/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/274/2268/s2268.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Rockefeller!</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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