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Honoré N. Razafindramiandra

Honoré N. Razafindramiandra was an Alma mater of Institut d'études politiques de Paris and graduated from the Public Service Division in 1965.

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Several thousand MDs, the academy graduates practicing in Arab countries, Israel, Canada, the U.S. and other countries, maintain relations with their Alma mater, SPbSPMA.


Arkansas Razorbacks football, 1950–59

In Frank Broyles' second season as head coach, Arkansas defeated his alma mater in the Gator Bowl, 14–7.

Columbia University traditions

Legend has it that the first freshman to find the owl tucked within the folds of the Daniel Chester French sculpture of Alma Mater that sits on the steps of Low Memorial Library will graduate as valedictorian.

Harry Cortis Jones

In 1897, Cortis Jones commenced as a teacher at his alma mater, Newington College, during the Headship of the distinguished scientist Arthur Lucas and the presidency of the Rev James Egan Moulton.

J. T. Tepnapa

Tepnapa's most recent project is a film titled Judas Kiss, a gay-themed sci-fi drama film starring Charlie David, Richard Harmon, and Sean Paul Lockhart, about a failed filmmaker's visit to his alma mater that results in a tug-of-war between his past and future.

John M. Quinn

He also served as the archdiocesan director for justice and peace and for education (1990–2003), and Cardinal Adam Maida's delegate to his alma mater of Sacred Heart Seminary (where he was an adjunct member of the faculty).

Johnny Torres

Johnny Torres (born April 24, 1976 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently an assistant coach of his alma mater, Creighton University.

Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera

He has also worked as Dean of the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración, his alma mater from 2007 to 2009, and was with Dow Chemical from 1981 to 1993, where he occupied several directive positions in Colombia, Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland and Italy.

Michael Dallat

Initially he was appointed to the teaching staff of St Malachy's College, his alma mater, before beginning his 24 years in teacher training.

Mike Jinks

Jinks became the quarterbacks coach at his former alma mater Judson High School in 1998.

Mr. Two Bits

The cheer began when Edmondson attended the season opener for Florida in 1949 against his alma mater, The Citadel.

Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund

eBay founder and social entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam donated $100 million to their alma mater Tufts University to create the fund, which will offer millions of tiny loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.

Patrick E. Haggerty

Haggerty and his wife left part of their estate to found a museum of art at his alma mater which lead to the founding of the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art.

Peninsula Catholic High School

The Peninsula Catholic Alma Mater is set to the tune "Annie Lisle" (sometimes called Amici) a popular 1857 Ballad by H. S. Thompson.

Rob Ash

After a four-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ash was hired as head coach at Division III Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

Sergei Levteev

alma mater = Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics


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1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunteers head coach Doug Dickey, the SEC Coach of the Year, would return to Florida, his alma mater, after the game.

Alma Mater Europaea

In 2010, Alma Mater Europaea was officially established, with Prof. dr. Felix Unger being appointed as its first president, while the German political scientist prof. dr. Werner Weidenfeld became the first rector, and the Slovenian lawyer and diplomat prof. dr. Ludvik Toplak the first prorector.

Art Folz

He is best known for a role he played in a scandal that involved Folz hiring a group of high school football players from his alma mater, Chicago's Engelwood High School, to play for the Milwaukee Badgers, against the Cardinals.

Artis Gilmore

Gilmore also provides radio color commentary for his alma mater on the school's flagship station, WJXL.

Bert LaBrucherie

After graduating from UCLA in 1929, he coached the football team at Los Angeles High School, his alma mater.

Bill Battle

Despite a 59–22–2 record in seven seasons in Knoxville in an era in which Alabama dominated the Southeastern Conference and annually contended for the national championship, Battle was forced out after the 1976 season, allowing Volunteer legend Johnny Majors to return to his alma mater after leading Pittsburgh to the 1976 national championship.

Cesare Syjuco

A flurry of smaller exhibitions won him the Araw Ng Maynila "Patnubay Ng Sining At Kalinangan" Award in 2007 from the 436-year-old City of Manila, and the 2007 La Sallian Achievement Award for the Arts from his alma mater, De La Salle University.

Clonard Keating

In Halifax, on Arbor Day, 8 May 1899, the teachers and pupils of Morris Street School, Keatings alma-mater, planted a tree in his memory in the Halifax Public Gardens.

Comfort A. Adams

"Doc Adams", as he was commonly addressed by his colleagues and friends, received his Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from his alma mater, Case School of Applied Science, in 1925 after having been on the faculty at Harvard College and dean of their engineering school for almost 35 years.

Dear Lemon Lima

After numerous unsuccessful attempts at erasing fond memories, she resolves to win Philip back at Nichols Academy (named after Yoonessi's alma mater, Nichols School), a close-minded preparatory school where the Georgey family is legendary.

Dickinson College

The College’s musical tradition dates back to at least 1858 when the Medal of Honor recipient and author, alumnus Horatio Collins King, wrote the Alma Mater, “Noble Dickinsonia” to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".

Erica Simone Turnipseed

Among her many appearances, Turnipseed has served as a guest lecturer at Spelman College, Medgar Evers College, Baruch College, Midwood High School, and her alma mater, Yale University.

Eva Burrows

In December 1993, she received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from her alma mater, the University of Queensland.

Félix Luna

He taught as Professor of the History of Institutions at his alma mater's Law School between 1963 and 1976, and Contemporary History Professor at the private University of Belgrano between 1967 and 1986.

Fred Trosko

In 1946, Trosko was hired as an assistant football coach at his alma mater, Flint Northern High School.

From Genesis to Revelation

It was produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils at Charterhouse School, King's alma mater.

Gale Lemerand

Lemerand has served on numerous local community boards, including SunTrust Banks, WDSC PBS 15, Ormond Beach Memorial Hospital and donated to his alma mater, Escanaba High School, in Michigan.

Helen Wagner

In 1988, Wagner's alma mater, Monmouth College (Illinois), awarded her an honorary degree of "Doctor of Humane Letters".

Jamie Laurie

Together they released the independently released album Onomatopoeia in 2001, and the title track ended up in a compilation by the MIT Songwriting Club at Yahktoe's alma mater.

Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula

Students at Binghamton University (SUNY), Dr. Kabwila-Kapasula's alma mater, have urged Amnesty International to take up this case.

John C. B. Ehringhaus

A dormitory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ehringhaus' alma mater (class of 1902) is named in his honor, and The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, of which Ehringhaus was a member, maintains a portrait in his honor.

John C. Lechleiter

He sits on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Xavier University, the United Way Worldwide and the Life Sciences Foundation.

John Hinsdale

In 1995, Hinsdale returned the full thrust of his energies back to software development, founding the consultancy Alma Mater Software, Inc. in New York City, later moving to Tarrytown, New York and from there to Princeton Junction, New Jersey.

Joseph MacRory

MacRory taught Scripture and Modern Theology at St Mary's College, Oscott in England until 1889, when he was appointed Professor of Scripture and Oriental Languages at his alma mater of Maynooth College.

Kerrville Independent School District

In recent years, the school has perhaps been best known as the alma mater of 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

Lynn Amedee

After McWilliams resignation in 1991, Amedee sat out for a year, before joining Curley Hallman's coaching staff at his alma mater LSU.

Maureen Reagan

Reagan served on the Board of Trustees of her father's alma mater, Eureka College, in Eureka, Illinois, from March 2000 until her death.

Maxim Zhukov

He taught typographic design at his alma mater, Moscow Printing Institute, and now teaches at Parsons The New School for Design and Cooper Union in New York City.

Men of Harlech

The song was played by the marching band of Punahou School, Barack Obama's alma mater, at his second inauguration in 2013.

Michael Haywood

Haywood served as an assistant at several college football programs, most notably under Nick Saban at LSU, under Mack Brown at Texas and under Charlie Weis at his alma mater Notre Dame.

Nanette Burstein

In 2004, she produced a documentary television show Film School for IFC with Jordan Roberts, following four film students at their alma mater, Tisch.

Napoleon's Death Mask

In 1894, Bryan donated this mask to his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Newton K. Wesley

He had also begun to operate his alma mater, what is known now as Pacific University College of Optometry.

Nilratan Sircar

After his death, his alma mater, the Campbell Medical School was renamed Nilratan Medical College and Hospital .

Pamela Dean

Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet (born 1953), better known as Pamela Dean, is an American fantasy author whose most notable book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota.

Paramus High School

Frank L. Ryerson (1905–1995), trumpeter who wrote the alma mater lyrics, sung to the tune "Aura Lee".

Paxon School for Advanced Studies

The Pajcic Brothers, Gary and Steve, established a million dollar endowment at the University of North Florida to pay the full tuition of any graduate of their alma mater, Paxon High School, who was accepted and enrolled at UNF.

Peter S. Prescott

In January, 1970, Prescott published A World of Our Own: Notes on Life and Learning in a Boys' Preparatory School, which described his alma mater, The Choate School, (now Choate Rosemary Hall).

Randy Spetman

A command pilot with more than 3,000 hours of flight time, Spetman served in a range of positions, including assistant football coach at his alma mater; Chief of Bomber Planning in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; and Chief of the Command and Control Division, Operations Directorate of the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany.

Red Barron

During the Cocking affair, Eugene Talmadge attempted to place Barron in a new position as vice president of his alma mater, Georgia Tech; the move was widely criticized by Georgia Tech alumni, and Barron subsequently declined to accept the position.

Rhodes University

Sir Basil Schonland, son of Selmar Schonland, became the first Chancellor of his alma mater, and Dr Thomas Alty the first Vice-Chancellor.

Schahan Berberian

The first job of the fifteen-year-old young man was to teach literature and natural sciences at his alma mater but in 1908, he left for Paris where he studied at the Sorbonne and the Collège de France, taking classes in philosophy and metaphysics with Henri Bergson, psychology with Georges Dumas and sociology with Émile Durkheim, thus receiving a thorough education in the liberal arts and obtaining a diploma to teach philosophy.

Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet

His continued love of his Alma Mater, notwithstanding its prelatic leanings, is shown by his endowment, in October 1648, of three Bursaries of Philosophy in King's College.

Stacey Nuveman

Stacey has also worked broadcasts at her alma mater, UCLA and the Women's College World Series.

Steve Pajcic

In 1992, Pajcic and his brother Gary established a million dollar endowment at the University of North Florida to pay the full tuition of any graduate of their alma mater, Paxon High School, who was accepted at and enrolled at UNF.

The Matlock Paper

Its protagonist, James Barbour Matlock, is an English professor in his 30s who is recruited by the Department of Justice to investigate a drug smuggling ring, led by a mysterious figure named "Nimrod." The novel is set at the fictitious Carlyle University in Connecticut, a thinly disguised Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ludlum's alma mater.

Tim Kurkjian

He was the 1999 and 2007 Commencement speaker at his alma mater, Walter Johnson High School, the 2008 speaker at Seneca Valley High School, and also delivered the winter commencement speech at the University of Maryland on December 19, 2007.

Walter Rodney

He taught at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania during the period 1966-67 and later in Jamaica at his alma mater UWI Mona.