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Alumni Highlights
Find a complete alphabetical listing of our program graduates below, spanning more than four decades and including many notable figures in Theatre and Performance Studies.
For alumni dissertations, please visit CUNY's Academic Works for dissertations from 2014-present or the Mina Rees Library for dissertations prior to 2014.
The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness makes data available on alumni through Tableau. For Theatre and Performance, data shows:
- In recent years, an average of 7 doctoral degrees have been awarded annually.
- The current (as of Fall 2020) median time-to-degree is 7.7 years (by graduation year) and 5.7 years (by entering cohort).
- Graduates (2003-2016) overwhelmingly work in the education job sector (80.65%).
Name of Graduate |
Graduation Date |
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Abbott, Erik |
June, 2014 |
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Abrams, Joshua |
September, 2008 |
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Ajello, Linell |
May, 2012 |
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Alcide, Marie Jose |
May, 1988 |
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Aleandri, Emelise F. |
February, 1984 |
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Dr. Alexander, Philip A. |
February, 1999 |
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Aliano, Kelly |
September, 2014 |
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Aman, Michael |
May, 2009 |
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Amitai, Raziel |
October, 1989 |
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Anthony-Moore, Ellen |
May, 2011 |
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Aono, Tomoko |
June, 2010 |
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Araneo, Margaret |
May, 2017 |
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Armstrong, James |
May 2017 |
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Dr. Aronson-Lehavi, Sharon |
October, 2004 |
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Asermely, Albert A. |
February, 1973 |
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Austin, Gayle M. |
February, 1988 |
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Babb, Roger N. |
May, 2003 |
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Backalenick, Irene M. |
February, 1987 |
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Bailey, Christine E. |
June, 1985 |
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Baker, Stuart Eddy |
February, 1977 |
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Basiouny, Dalia |
February, 2009 |
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Bassin, Joel |
June, 2000 |
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Baum, Marilyn V. |
June, 1983 |
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Baumrin, Seth |
February, 2000 |
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Bazzoni, Georgiana (Jana) |
February, 1983 |
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Beck, Anne E. |
February, 1999 |
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Beck, Jill L. |
June, 1985 |
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Berg, Frederic R. |
May, 1990 |
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Berkin, Nicole |
February, 2015 |
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Berkowitz, Joel B. |
February, 1995 |
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Blake, Gary |
June, 1973 |
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Bolus, Michael |
June, 2004 |
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Botuck, Wendy S. |
February, 1991 |
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Boyd, Julianne K. |
May, 1986 |
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Brater, Jessica |
February, 2013 |
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Braxton, Celia |
May, 2011 |
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Brone, Jeffery D. |
May, 1990 |
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Brussell, Judith E. |
October, 1993 |
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Burdine, Warren B. Jr. |
October, 1991 |
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Burge, James C. |
June, 1985 |
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Butt, Rex W. |
May, 1993 |
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Byrne, Kevin |
September, 2010 |
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Callaghan, David S. |
May, 1998 |
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Capuana, Janice |
February, 2013 |
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Carey, Linford F. |
May, 1990 |
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Carlson, Marla |
February, 2002 |
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Carney, Saraleigh |
June, 1976 |
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Carroll, John F. |
October, 1998 |
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Cherry, James |
May, 2005 |
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Christian, Samuel |
October, 1995 |
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Clark, Constance M. |
February, 1984 |
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Clark, Richard H. |
February, 1976 |
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Coleman, Patricia |
May, 2012 |
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Conte, William |
September, 2010 |
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Contreras, Cynthia A. |
May, 1989 |
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Correa, Graca M. |
June, 2010 |
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Counts, Michael L. |
June, 1983 |
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Cramer, Michael |
October, 2005 |
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Creamer, Richard Earl |
May, 1990 |
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Crespy, David A. |
October, 1998 |
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Curry, Jane K. |
June, 1991 |
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Danby, Jennifer Renee |
June, 2004 |
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Aponte, Miriam |
June, 1973 |
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Davis, Robert |
September, 2013 |
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Dee, Edward M. |
May, 1997 |
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Del Vecchio, Jessica |
June, 2016 |
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DesRochers, Richard |
September, 2013 |
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DeZego, Frank |
February, 1988 |
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Doherty, Lynn |
May, 1989 |
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Duffy, Margaret M. |
September, 2011 |
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Edelson, Loren |
May, 2006 |
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Eisler, Garrett |
September, 2012 |
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El Zein, Rayya |
June, 2016 |
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Elliott, John Mackay |
June, 1977 |
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Erdman, Andrew |
February, 2001 |
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Fechter, Steven J. |
May, 1993 |
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Fei, Faye Chunfang |
October, 1991 |
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Ferdman, Bertie |
June, 2010 |
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Ferguson, Marcia |
June, 2001 |
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Fleischer, Mary R. |
February, 1998 |
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Frank, Felicia Nina |
September, 1976 |
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Frank, Glenda K. |
October, 1992 |
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Friedman, Andrew |
June, 2016 |
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Fuchs, Elinor |
February, 1995 |
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Fuller, John (Zack) |
September, 2017 |
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Galella, Donatella |
May, 2015 |
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Galton (Pettinelli), Frances |
May, 1988 |
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Garber, Michael G. |
May, 2006 |
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Gehlawat, Ajay |
May, 2007 |
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Gerson, Lydia A. |
October, 1990 |
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Goldfarb, Alvin |
February, 1978 |
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Goldstein, Imre |
February, 1975 |
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Goldstein, Julia |
May, 2017 |
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Gonsher, Debra Ann |
June, 1980 |
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Gouryh, Admer |
June, 1983 |
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Gray Jr., Alfred R. |
May, 1994 |
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Green, Amy Susan |
February, 1991 |
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Green, Sharon L. |
October, 1999 |
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Greene-Hough, Alexis |
October, 1987 |
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Gross, Brenda S. |
February, 1989 |
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Guterman, Gad |
May, 2011 |
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Hart, Steven E. |
February, 1982 |
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Heinze-Bradshaw, Roxane |
May, 2013 |
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Helfer, Richard H. |
May, 1990 |
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Hemingway, Alan E. |
February, 1991 |
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Herrera, Patricia |
October, 2007 |
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Hill, Holly |
June, 1977 |
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Hill, Lyn Stiefel |
February, 1982 |
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Hodess, Kenneth Mark |
June, 1978 |
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Hodges, Peter Britt |
February, 1991 |
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Holmstrom, Bethany |
September, 2013 |
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Horn, Barbara L, |
September, 1982 |
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Horowitz, Susan N. |
February, 1988 |
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House, Jane Ellen |
May, 1988 |
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Hrkach, John J. |
May, 1990 |
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Huff, Helen Mary |
June, 2000 |
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Huff, Stephen |
May, 2012 |
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Hughes, Amy |
May, 2009 |
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Hurley, Erin J. |
June, 2000 |
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Ilson, Carol R. |
June, 1985 |
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Israel, Mary Catherine |
September, 1979 |
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Jones, Eugene H. |
May, 1984 |
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Jones, Richard L. |
May, 1984 |
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Jones, Stefanie |
May, 2017 |
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Jordan, Julie A. |
June, 2001 |
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Just, Alexandra Sascha |
May, 2017 |
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Justesen, Joel L. |
September, 1982 |
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Kandel, Gerald |
September, 1978 |
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Kaplan, Zoe C. |
June, 1979 |
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Karten, Harvey S. |
June, 1991 |
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Keramidas, Kimon |
May, 2008 |
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Kim, Deukshin |
October, 1987 |
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Kim, Moonki |
October, 2001 |
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Kirle, Bruce S. |
February, 2002 |
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Klein, Sabine Macris |
February, 2000 |
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Knapp, Margaret M. |
February, 1982 |
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Kobialka, Michal A. |
February, 1987 |
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Koolsbergen, William |
May, 1989 |
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Kotzamani, Marina A. |
October, 1997 |
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Kovacs, George |
February, 1981 |
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Laine, Eero |
February, 2016 |
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Larsen, June (Bennett) F. |
June, 1982 |
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Legon, Elisa |
May, 2011 |
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Lerman, Philip |
February, 1985 |
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Levitt, Harold N. |
June, 1972 |
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Lewis, Barbara B. |
June, 2000 |
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Lieberman, Joseph A. |
February, 1981 |
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Liepe-Levinson, Katherine |
February, 1993 |
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Lin, Yu-Shian (Ivy) |
September, 2009 |
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Lingan, Edmund |
February, 2006 |
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Livingston, Lindsay |
February, 2013 |
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Lo, Wai Luk |
October, 1994 |
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Loayza, Milton |
May, 2008 |
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Luber, Stephen |
September, 2013 |
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Maggiar, Michael |
October, 1990 |
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Malague, Rosemary |
June, 2001 |
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Mann, Martin A. |
February, 1974 |
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Marlis, Alan P. |
September, 1974 |
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Martinez, Ana |
February, 2013 |
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Masters, James M. |
May, 1996 |
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McCullough, Jack W. |
June, 1981 |
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Meacham, Thomas |
September, 2012 |
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Medoff, Richard B. |
October, 1993 |
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Merwin, Edward P. |
May, 2002 |
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Miller, Henry D. |
February, 2003 |
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Miller, Hillary |
May, 2013 |
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Mintz, Marilyn L. |
February, 1990 |
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Mobley, Jennifer Scott |
June, 2010 |
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Mollinedo, Maria T. |
October, 1991 |
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Monos, James |
June, 1981 |
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Morrison, Michael A. |
October, 1992 |
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Mytilinaki, Maria |
May, 2017 |
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Nadler, Paul D. |
October, 1995 |
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Nicholson, David B. |
June, 1982 |
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Nielsen, Alan W. |
February, 1989 |
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Nielsen, Ken |
February, 2011 |
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Niles, Richard |
October, 1993 |
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Nunes, Luiz Arthur |
February, 1987 |
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O'Leary, Deirdre |
May, 2005 |
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Orani, Aviv |
October, 1986 |
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Parker, James Walter |
September, 1974 |
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Parker-Starbuck, Jennifer |
May, 2003 |
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Pederson, Nadine D. |
October, 2004 |
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Pereira, John |
October, 1986 |
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Plotnicki, Rita |
February, 1979 |
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Plum, Jay |
October, 2005 |
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Pope, Deborah |
May, 2002 |
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Potts, Kathleen |
May, 2015 |
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Pourchot, Eric E. |
May, 1999 |
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Powell, Susana |
May, 1988 |
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Price, David Miles |
June, 1978 |
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Prosser, William L. |
September, 1977 |
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Ramirez, Jason |
May, 2009 |
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Ramirez, Kimberly |
September, 2009 |
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Recondo, Juan |
May, 2018 |
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Roarty, Robert C. |
May, 2002 |
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Rood, Arnold |
February, 1981 |
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Roost, Alisa C. |
June, 2001 |
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Rosenberg, Hilllary |
September, 2010 |
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Rosten, Bevya |
February, 1998 |
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Dr. Rotte, Joanna H. |
February, 1983 |
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Rowen, Sarah Bess |
May, 2018 |
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Ruff, Felicia J. |
June, 1991 |
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Russell, Martin R. |
October, 1997 |
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Ryzuk, Mary S. |
February, 1986 |
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Schachter, Beth A. |
June, 2000 |
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Schildcrout, Jordan |
May, 2005 |
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Schlatter, James F. |
June, 1992 |
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Schwartz, Jerry M. |
October, 1999 |
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Scott-Giles, Freda Lavonia |
May, 1990 |
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Seymour, James C. |
May, 1997 |
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Sfyris, Panagiotis |
February, 1998 |
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Shanks, Samuel |
February, 2008 |
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Sigel, David L. |
June, 1982 |
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Sloan, Ronna E. |
June, 1983 |
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Soleo-Shanks, Jenna |
February, 2009 |
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Somerville, Paul |
February, 1997 |
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Spatz, Benjamin |
September, 2013 |
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Spergel, Mark J. |
May, 1990 |
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Standing, Sarah |
May, 2008 |
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Stein, E. Jimmee |
September, 1976 |
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Stern, Kenneth A. |
June, 1983 |
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Stevenson, Jill |
May, 2006 |
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Stoller, Terry E. |
October, 2003 |
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Stryk, Lydia D. |
February, 1992 |
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Stuart, Roxana |
May, 1993 |
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Stubbs, Naomi |
February, 2012 |
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Sutton, Dana R. |
February, 1999 |
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Swain, Elizabeth |
May, 1984 |
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Swift, Christopher |
May, 2012 |
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Szalczer, Eszter |
October, 1997 |
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Taav, Michael |
February, 1997 |
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Tackel, Martin S. |
September, 1982 |
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Tanner, Jo |
October, 1989 |
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Taroff, Kurt |
October, 2005 |
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Taylor, Betty S. |
June, 1985 |
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Tenneriello, Susan |
June, 2004 |
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Troy, Shari S. |
February, 2002 |
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Unger, Roni Joyce |
February, 1979 |
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Vasquez, Eva C. |
June, 2001 |
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Vey, Shauna A. |
October, 1998 |
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Venning, Daniel R.S. |
June, 2016 |
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Waldinger, Barbara M. |
February, 1999 |
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Walters, Scott E. |
October, 1998 |
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Dr. Watt, Kenn |
February, 2016 |
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Weingarten, Aaron |
June, 1972 |
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Weiss, Rosemary S. |
February, 1985 |
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Weisstuch, Mark W. |
June, 1982 |
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Wickstrom, Maurya E. |
February, 2002 |
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Willinger, David P. |
February, 1980 |
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Wilson, James F. |
June, 2000 |
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Wilson, Katherine |
September, 2012 |
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Wilson, Marion |
October, 2005 |
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Winson, Alan |
September, 2013 |
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Wong, Melissa Wansin |
May, 2017 |
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Woods, Chrisita J. |
October, 1992 |
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Woods, Jeannie M. |
May, 1989 |
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Worth, Jennifer |
May, 2011 |
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Wylie, Mary Kathryn |
September, 1984 |
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Wynn, Nancy |
June, 1982 |
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Young, Catherine |
June, 2016 |
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Zaytoun, Constance |
September, 2011 |
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Zazzali, Peter |
September, 2012 |
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Zeid, Wagdi Ahmed |
May, 1989 |
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Zukerman, Robert |
September, 1981 |
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Zvonchenko, Walter W. |
October, 1987 |
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