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ESPN was "trying" to put together a thumbnail of who VCU was and the only alumni they could think of was Brandon Inge. For the benefit of those coming into the site from elsewhere, these are those I could find as of 1/29/2013 (feel free to add):

Science
Hunter "Patch" Adams, M.D. - Founder of the Gesundheit! Institute and subject of the movie Patch Adams.
Baruj Benacerraf, M.D. - Winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Saul Krugman, M.D. - A medical researcher who discovered a vaccine against hepatitis B.
Arpad Vass - research scientist, forensic anthropologist and professor

Media
Wiley Miller - American cartoonist and author of the comic strip Non Sequitur.
Tom Robbins - American author, best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976).
David Baldacci - American author, best known for his novel Absolute Power (1996).
Stephen Furst - American Actor and Director, best known as "Flounder" in the National Lampoon classic Animal House (1978) as well as TV series St. Elsewhere and Babylon 5.
Robert Lanham - American author, best known for his book The Hipster Handbook (2003).
Boris Kodjoe - Austrian-born model (Ford Modeling), actor (Soul Food: The Series, Madea's Family Reunion)
Debbie Matenopoulos - American TV host, best known for co-hosting ABC's The View, The Daily 10, and TV Guide Channel's The Screening Room.
Robb Spewak - Producer and radio personality for The Don and Mike Show and The Mike O'Meara Show.
Zachary Knighton - Actor, starred most recently in The Hitcher.
Patrick Genova - TV reality personality, starred in his own bounty hunting reality TV program.
Christopher Poole aka M00t - founder of 4chan
Caressa Cameron - 2010 Miss America.

Sports
Sean Marshall - Relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.
Brandon Inge - Third baseman for the Oakland Athletics.
Scott Sizemore - Infielder for the Oakland Athletics.
Eric Maynor - Point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA
Larry Sanders (basketball) - Drafted #15 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA Draft
Gerald Henderson - Played for the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Seattle SuperSonics, and the San Antonio Spurs winning 4 NBA Championships.
John Rollins - American professional golfer and PGA Pro.
Cla Meredith - MLB relief pitcher, formerly of the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles.
Andrew Dykstra - Goalkeeper for the Chicago Fire in MLS
Gonzalo Segares - Current Defender for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus and former defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS
Dominic Oduro - Current Forward for Chicago Fire in MLS
Sherman Hamilton - Former member of Canadian Men's Basketball National Team. Participated in 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Currently a TV analyst for the Toronto Raptors.
Hayley Moorwood - Member New Zealand women's Olympic Soccer Team in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012
Quanitra Hollingsworth - Center for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.[11] Member of Turkey's 2012 Olympic women's basketball team.
Saeed Basweidan - Represented Yemen in the 800-meter run at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Yann Bonato Former European professional basketball player and French National Team member. A member of France's silver medal winning men's basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Played one season (1990–91) at VCU.

Art
L. Wayne Batty - Former Chair of the Department of Music and Virginia's longest serving employee, employed at VCU for 58 years
Sam Beam - Singer Songwriter known as Iron and Wine.
Andrea Detwiler - 2006 Daytime Emmy Winner.
Tara Donovan - artist.
GWAR - Several founding members of the band.
Jason Butler Harner - Broadway, Television, and Film Actor, performed in original production of Coast of Utopia. Also was in Clint Eastwood's Oscar nominated film Changeling.
Donwan Harrell - founder of the New York-based urban clothing company, Akademiks.
Sterling Hundley - Artist
Matt Kenyon - Artist
Boris Kodjoe- Actor/ Model
Lamb of God - Several founding members of the band.
Stefan Lessard - Bassist for Dave Matthews Band.
Philip B. Meggs - historian of design.
Irene Jessee Perry (artist) -painter, class of 1979
Carol Sutton (artist)- painter and sculptor, class of 1967
Robbin Thompson - singer-songwriter
Steve West - Drummer of the indie rock band Pavement and front man for Marble Valley
Mike Wieringo - Comic book artist for Marvel and DC comics, co-creator of Image Comics series Tellos.

Business & Finance
Nancy C. Everett - Managing Director & Head of U.S. Fiduciary Management Solutions, BlackRock
John C. Neal - CEO, Union Bank and Trust Company
Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. - President & CEO, Massey Energy
Dick Robertson - President of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Robert E. Rigsby - Former President and COO, Dominion Resources

Government
Watkins Abbitt, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Rob Wittman - Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 1st congressional district
Ron Tillett - Former Treasurer of Virginia, Secretary of Finance for Virginia.
James A. Williams - Commissioner of Federal Acquisition Services (FAS). Former Acting Commissioner of General Services Administration
Robert Zahradnick - Korean War and Vietnam War hero. He survived both a helicopter crash and an airplane crash during combat. He was the lone survivor each time. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vi ... ity_alumni
 
I had no idea that Flounder was a VCU grad...how awesome is that?! :D
 
BigE said:
ESPN was "trying" to put together a thumbnail of who VCU was and the only alumni they could think of was Brandon Inge. For the benefit of those coming into the site from elsewhere, these are those I could find (feel free to add):

Health and medicine

Hunter "Patch" Adams, M.D. - Founder of the Gesundheit! Institute and subject of the movie Patch Adams.
Baruj Benacerraf, M.D. - Winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Saul Krugman, M.D. - A medical researcher who discovered a vaccine against hepatitis B.

Media

Wiley Miller - American cartoonist and author of the comic strip Non Sequitur.
Tom Robbins - American author, best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976).
David Baldacci - American author, best known for his novel Absolute Power (1996).
Stephen Furst - American Actor and Director, best known as "Flounder" in the National Lampoon classic Animal House (1978) as well as TV series St. Elsewhere and Babylon 5.
Robert Lanham - American author, best known for his book The Hipster Handbook (2003).
Boris Kodjoe - Austrian-born model (Ford Modeling), actor (Soul Food: The Series, Madea's Family Reunion)
Debbie Matenopoulos - American TV host, best known for co-hosting ABC's The View, The Daily 10, and TV Guide Channel's The Screening Room.
Robb Spewak - Producer and radio personality for The Don and Mike Show and The Mike O'Meara Show.
Zachary Knighton - Actor, starred most recently in The Hitcher.
Bruce Cunningham - Baltimore sportscaster
Matt Burch - Former first-round MLB draft pick, high school English teacher.

Sports

Sean Marshall - Starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
Brandon Inge - Third baseman for the Detroit Tigers.
Scott Sizemore - Second baseman for the Detroit Tigers.
Eric Maynor - Point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA
Larry Sanders (basketball) - Drafted #15 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA Draft
Gerald Henderson - Played for the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Seattle SuperSonics, and the San Antonio Spurs winning 4 NBA Championships.
John Rollins - American professional golfer and PGA Pro.
Cla Meredith - Currently one of the pitchers for the Baltimore Orioles.
Andrew Dykstra - Goalkeeper for the Chicago Fire in MLS
Gonzalo Segares - Current Defender for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus and former defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS
Dominic Oduro - Current Forward for FC Dallas in MLS
Jamal Shuler - TBB Trier (German Basketball Club)
Jesse Pellot-Rosa - New York Jets and Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League
Scott Weinstein - Former basketball player from Philadelphia, currently teaching in his hometown.

Art

Tara Donovan - artist.
Philip B. Meggs - historian of design.
Jason Butler Harner - Broadway, Television, and Film Actor.
Lamb of God - Several founding members of the band.
Stefan Lessard - Bassist for Dave Matthews Band.
GWAR - Several founding members of the band.
Mike Wieringo - Comic book artist for Marvel and DC comics, co-creator of Image Comics series Tellos.
Robbin Thompson - singer-songwriter
Jason Butler Harner - Broadway and film Actor, performed in original production of Coast of Utopia. Also was in Clint Eastwood's Oscar nominated film Changeling.
Andrea Detwiler - 2006 Daytime Emmy Winner.
Donwan Harrell - founder of the New York-based urban clothing company, Akademiks.
Sam Beam - Singer Songwriter known as Iron and Wine.
Sterling Hundley - Artist
L. Wayne Batty - Former Chair of the Department of Music and Virginia's longest serving employee, employed at VCU for 58 years.
Steve West - Drummer of the indie rock band Pavement and front man for Marble Valley
Carol Sutton (artist)- painter and sculptor, class of 1967

Other

Coley Stone - World traveler, polyglot.
Caressa Cameron - 2010 Miss America.
Grace Harris - Civil rights activist and one of the first three African American faculty members hired by VCU.
Ron Tillett - Former Treasurer of Virginia, Secretary of Finance for Virginia.
Nancy C. Everett - CEO of General Motors Asset Management Corp. and its U.S. subsidiaries.
John C. Neal - CEO of Union Bank and Trust Company
Dick Robertson - President of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Robert Wittman - Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 1st congressional district
Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. - President of Massey Energy]
Reed S. Albers - Sports writer, journalist and creator of Capitals Kremlin blog.
Christopher Poole aka M00t - founder of 4chan
Holly Hobbs - Journalist
Boris Kodjoe- Actor/ Model
Marcus D. Jones - Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (DCAO) for Finance and Administration for the City of Richmond, Virginia.
David J. Burton - Founder and President of LifeSeeds, LLC, a company that specializes in motivation and individual/group development. Includes LifeSeeds Summer Camps.
James A. Williams - Commissioner of Federal Acquisition Services (FAS). Former Acting Commissioner of General Services Administration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vi ... ity_alumni
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it is all about: Christopher Poole aka M00t - founder of 4chan ^_^ (but he transfered/dropped out :p)
 
mrghaffari said:
it is all about: Christopher Poole aka M00t - founder of 4chan ^_^ (but he transfered/dropped out :p)
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^^^
That man... Because of him I've got days of laughter.
 
BigE said:
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I can't believe BigE gave me a line all to myself like that, I'm honored, but I don't know that I deserved to be made more important than....

um, what?

ohhhhhhh, nevermind.
 
artRAMinMN said:
BigE said:
Art
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I can't believe BigE gave me a line all to myself like that, I'm honored, but I don't know that I deserved to be made more important than....

um, what?

ohhhhhhh, nevermind.
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Pleeeeeeze. You're so humble.
 
Not an alum but a famous person is rocking VCU gear

Rapper/Actor Drake was spotted sporting VCU gear. He is Canadian maybe DB hooked him.

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Mercury said:
Not an alum but a famous person is rocking VCU gear

Rapper/Actor Drake was spotted sporting VCU gear. He is Canadian maybe DB hooked him.

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that is pretty hilarious haha

i want m00t to make a post on 4chan tho... take it over with VCU stuff...

i wonder how many hits vcu.edu would get then LOL
 
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