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List Of University Of New Hampshire Alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of New Hampshire. Arts Writers and journalists * Jason Brennan, philosopher * Daniel Ford (b. 1931), author/journalist, resident scholar at the University of New Hampshire (1954) * Ursula Hegi (b. 1946), novelist, including best-selling Oprah's Book Club novel ''Stones from the River'' (1978, MA 1979) * John Irving (b. 1942), Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist (1965) * Michael Kelly (1957–2003), editor-at-Large of the ''Atlantic Monthly'', first US reporter killed in the Iraq War (1979) * Richard Lederer (b. 1938), linguist, columnist, and humorist (Ph.D. 1980) * Jackie MacMullan (b. 1960), sportswriter, columnist, editor and author * Alice McDermott (b. 1953), author, National Book Award winner (1998), Writer-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University (MA 1978) * Brendan Emmett Quigley (b. 1974), crossword puzzle constructor, author, musician * Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (b. 1938), Pulitzer Prize–winning author, profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley (born 1974) is an American crossword constructor. He has been described as a "crossword wunderkind". His work has been published in ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Boston Globe'', by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and ''The Onion''. He appeared in the documentary ''Wordplay'' and the book ''Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession''. In a 2007 interview, ''The Boston Globe Magazine'' credited Quigley with "making the New York ''Times'' crossword hip." Career Quigley was born in Norwood, Massachusetts. He became interested in crosswords while studying at the University of New Hampshire. Will Shortz brought his first submission to the New York ''Times''. He lists Merl Reagle, Frank Longo, Elizabeth Gorski and Patrick Berry among his influences. He has constructed puzzles for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and Lollapuzzoola. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Horror Stories
''American Horror Stories'' is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for FX on Hulu. Premiered on July 15, 2021, the series serves as the third installment in the '' American Story'' media franchise and a direct spin-off from '' American Horror Story''. Returning cast members from the original show include Matt Bomer, Celia Finkelstein, Naomi Grossman, John Carroll Lynch, Charles Melton, Billie Lourd, Chad James Buchanan, Cody Fern, Dylan McDermott, Jamie Brewer, Denis O'Hare, Matt Lasky, Gabourey Sidibe, Max Greenfield, Austin Woods, Seth Gabel, Rebecca Dayan, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Spencer Neville, and Teddy Sears. In August 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on July 21, 2022. Premise A weekly anthology series where each episode tells a different horror story. Some episodes of this show are connected to past ''American Horror Story'' seasons. The episodes "Rubber(wo)Man Pt. 1 & 2" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prey (2022 Film)
''Prey'' is a 2022 American science fiction action film in the ''Predator'' franchise. It is the fifth installment and is a prequel to the first four films, being set in the Northern Great Plains in 1719. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. It stars Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Michelle Thrush, Stormee Kipp, Julian Black Antelope, and Bennett Taylor. The story revolves around Naru, a skilled Comanche warrior, who is striving to prove herself as a hunter. She finds herself having to protect her people from a vicious, humanoid alien that hunts humans for sport, as well as from French fur traders who are destroying the buffalo they rely on for survival. Development of the film began during the production of '' The Predator'' (2018), when producer John Davis was approached by Trachtenberg and Aison, with a concept that they had been developing since 2016. In late 2020, the film's title was revealed to be the codename for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane DiLiegro
Dane Robert DiLiegro ( ; born August 6, 1988) is an American actor and former basketball player. DiLiegro played professional basketball for eight seasons for teams in Italy and Israel. DiLiegro currently resides in Los Angeles, and in 2022 starred as the Predator in the film ''Prey''. Career Basketball After graduating from Lexington High School in 2006, DiLiegro went on to spend a year at Worcester Academy, where he refined his skills as a basketball player in the school's postgraduate program. He averaged 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks at Worcester. This led to DiLiegro receiving a full athletic scholarship to play at the University of New Hampshire. As a four-year starter for the New Hampshire Wildcats from 2007 to 2011, DiLiegro found his place on the team through defense, rebounding, and outworking his opponents. He graduated from UNH in May 2011 with the second-highest number of rebounds in program history. DiLiegro made ESPN's Top Ten plays of the day on Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (1976 TV Series)
''Family'' is an American television drama series that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network from 1976 to 1980. It was originally conceived as a limited series; its first season consisted of six episodes. A total of 86 episodes were produced. Creative control of the show was split among executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling, and Mike Nichols. Overview ''Family'' depicted, for its time, a contemporary traditional family with realistic, believable characters. The show starred Sada Thompson and James Broderick as Kate and Doug Lawrence, a happily married middle-class couple living at 1230 Holland Street in Pasadena, California with their three children: Nancy (portrayed by Elayne Heilveil in the original miniseries, then by Jane Actman for the first 2 episodes of Season 2, and finally Meredith Baxter Birney for the remainder of the show's run), Willie ( Gary Frank), and Letitia, nicknamed "Buddy" (Kristy McNichol). An early episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Day Afternoon
''Dog Day Afternoon'' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. The screenplay is written by Frank Pierson and is based on the ''Life'' magazine article "The Boys in the Bank" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The feature chronicled the 1972 robbery and hostage situation led by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile at a Chase Manhattan branch in Brooklyn. Elfand brought Bregman's attention to the article, who proceeded to negotiate a deal with Warner Bros and clear the rights to use the story. Pierson conducted his research and wrote a script that centered the story of the robbery around Wojtowicz. The cast was selected by Lumet and Pacino, with the latter selecting past co-stars from his Off-Broadway plays. Filming took place between September and November 1974, and the production was finished three weeks ahead of schedu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Broderick
James Joseph Broderick III (March 7, 1927November 1, 1982) was an American actor. He is known for his role as Doug Lawrence in the television series ''Family'', which ran from 1976 to 1980, and he played a pivotal role in the 1975 film ''Dog Day Afternoon''. Life and career Broderick was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, the son of Mary Elizabeth (née Martindale) (1896–1986) and James Joseph Broderick II (or Jr.) (1895–1959). He was raised Catholic. His father, a highly decorated World War I combatant, was of Irish descent, and his mother was of English and Irish ancestry. Broderick attended Manchester Central High School and then took pre-medical courses at the University of New Hampshire for two years. He joined the Navy in 1945, becoming a pharmacist mate. In 1947, Broderick returned to his studies. He auditioned for a part in the University production of George Bernard Shaw's ''Arms and the Man''. Director J. Donald Batcheller, faculty advisor to the student drama c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Broderick 1959
James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college, becoming the University of Connecticut in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing and graduate programs were established, while the schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university has been considered a Public Ivy. UConn is one of the founding institution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Worcester
Wayne Worcester (born 1947) is an American journalist and author born in Keene, New Hampshire in 1947. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and worked as a reporter and magazine writer. He became a journalism professor at the University of Connecticut in 1987. He is the author of a series of Sherlock Holmes novels. Biography Worcester was a news reporter for the ''Providence Journal'' in Providence, Rhode Island for over a decade before he joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut as a journalism professor in 1987. He reported on the theft of more than $30 million worth of valuables from safe deposit boxes in 1975; most of the valuables belonged to the Patriarca crime family. He began working as a journalism professor in 1987 at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Worcester has been diagnosed with narcolepsy and has been featured in national media coverage of the illness, including NBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Williams (writer)
Thomas Williams (November 15, 1926 – October 23, 1990) was an American novelist. He won one U.S. National Book Award for Fiction—''The Hair of Harold Roux'' split the 1975 award with Robert Stone's ''Dog Soldiers''"National Book Awards – 1975" . Retrieved 2012-03-28. (With acceptance speech by Williams and essay by David Kirby from the Awards 61-year anniversary blog.)—and his last published novel, ''Moon Pinnace'' (1986), was a finalist for the |
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