The
University of St. Thomas (also known as
UST or simply
St. Thomas) is a
privatePrivate universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...
, Catholic,
liberal artsA liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...
, and
archdiocesanA diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
university located in
St. PaulSaint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
and Minneapolis,
MinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
,
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. Founded in 1885 as a Catholic
seminaryA seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
, it is named after
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, the medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher who is the patron saint of students in the Roman Catholic Church. UST currently enrolls more than 10,000 students, making it Minnesota's largest private college or university.
Father Dennis DeaseRev. Dennis Dease is a Roman Catholic priest, and has served as the 14th president of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota since his election in 1991.-Biography:...
became the 14th president in the history of the University in 1991.
History
Founded in 1885 by
John IrelandJohn Ireland was the third bishop and first archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota . He became both a religious as well as civic leader in Saint Paul during the turn of the century...
,
archbishop of Saint Paul and MinneapolisThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by the prelature of an archbishop which administers the archdiocese from the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis...
, St. Thomas began as an all-male, Catholic seminary. In 1894, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary became a
liberal arts collegeA liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...
through a gift from local railroad tycoon James J. Hill, who provided funds to establish the St. Paul Seminary apart from the college. In 1903, the College of St. Thomas established a military program on campus, and it was officially termed a military school by the
U.S. War DepartmentThe United States Department of War, also called the War Department , was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army...
in 1906. Initially, the school gave out two-year diplomas in commercial and classical programs before awarding its first academic degrees in 1915. In 1922, military training became optional.
From the late 1920s through the mid-1930s, the
Holy Cross FathersThe Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
, who run the
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, controlled the college's administration. The
dioceseA diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
called those priests in to help with the school's financial problems; those priests were known as a crisis intervention team of sorts for parochial schools of that time. During
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, St. Thomas served as a training base for naval officers, which kept the school open when men who would have attended college were fighting in the war. After the war, in 1948, the college established "Tom Town" on the eastern end of the lower quadrant, which is currently the site to the O'Shaughnessey-Frey Library and O'Shaughnessey Education Center. Tom Town, made of 20 double-dwelling huts, consisted of white, barrack-like housing units for faculty, students and their families. The units helped to meet housing demand after WWII.
In the latter half of the 20th century, St. Thomas started two of its most notable graduate programs: Education in 1950 and Business Administration in 1974. The school became co-educational in 1977 and although women were not allowed to enroll until then, female students from
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often took classes at St. Thomas. Women were also present as instructors and administrators on campus but the staff, faculty, and administration has seen a vast increase in female employment since the move to co-education. In 1990, the College of St. Thomas became the University of St. Thomas and the following year, the university opened the Minneapolis campus. In 2001, UST reinstated its
School of LawThe University of St. Thomas School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of St. Thomas and is one of four law schools in the Twin Cities. It currently enrolls 457 students.-History:...
at its Minneapolis Campus; it had been shut down during the
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.
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Justice
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was the speaker at the Grand Opening.
Saint Paul
The St. Paul campus is home to most undergraduate students. The main campus, built on a farm site once considered "far removed from town," is located where St. Paul's Summit Avenue meets the
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. The site was farmed by ex-Fort Snelling soldier William Finn, who received the property as a pension settlement after he accidentally shot himself in the hand while on guard duty.
The western edge of the campus borders the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park. Summit Avenue, which runs through the middle of the campus, is the country's longest span of
VictorianThe term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
homes. This tree-lined avenue includes the Governor's Mansion,
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townhome, and
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mansion.
UST is currently in the middle of expanding the St. Paul campus. In 2005 a new apartment-style residence hall was built on an existing parking lot, and in 2006 McNeely Hall was built—a large classroom building for business that replaced the smaller building of the same name. A new residential village, more parking ramps, and general civil engineering all have been negotiated successfully with the surrounding neighborhood. These developments are expected to begin within the next five years.
In addition, the designing of a new student center is currently in the works. The new student center is slated to be placed on an existing parking lot, hold underground parking, and be large enough to contain a new cafeteria, a ballroom, offices, a gathering area, and other facilities that are currently unavailable or inefficient.
Minneapolis
In fall 1992, the university opened a permanent, 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²) campus at 1000 LaSalle Ave. in
MinneapolisMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. The first building, named Terrence Murphy Hall in May 2000, is headquarters to the university's
Opus College of BusinessThe Opus College of Business is the business school for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students at the University of St. Thomas....
. Artist Mark Balma created one of the largest
frescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es in the United States on the arched ceiling of its atrium. The seven-panel, 1904 square feet (176.9 m²) fresco was completed in the summer of 1994 and portrays the
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discussed in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Minneapolis campus also holds St. Thomas' School of Education, the nationally recognized
School of LawThe University of St. Thomas School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of St. Thomas and is one of four law schools in the Twin Cities. It currently enrolls 457 students.-History:...
, and Schulze School of Entrepreneurship.
Gainey Conference Center (Owatonna)
Built in 1981, the Gainey Conference Center is a full-service conference and retreat facility located on 180 acre (72.8 ha) in
OwatonnaOwatonna is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 25,599 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August....
, Minnesota, just one hour south of the Twin Cities. It was built around the French Norman-style home of the late Daniel C. Gainey, who bequeathed the property to the university upon his death in 1979.
Bernardi (Rome)
The University of St. Thomas Bernardi Campus is located on the west bank of the Tiber River on Lungotevere delle Armi in Rome, Italy. Purchased by St. Thomas in November 1999, the Bernardi Campus houses St. Thomas students participating in academic programs abroad, most notably the Catholic Studies Semester in Rome program for Catholic Studies majors, minors, and graduate students offered through the Catholic Studies Department. The University of St. Thomas is the only university in the United States to have a formal affiliation with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, called the "Angelicum".
Presidents
- Father Thomas O’Gorman (1885–1887)
- Father Edward McSweeney (1887–1888)
- Father James Keane (1888–1892)
- Father James Byrne
-External links:* at Find-A-Grave...
(1892–1899)
- Father John Dolphin (1899–1903)
- Father Humphrey Moynihan (1903–1921)
- Father Thomas Cullen (1921–1927)
- Father John P. Foley (1927–1928)
- Father Matthew Schumacher (1928–1933)
- Father James Moynihan (1933–1943)
- Father Vincent Flynn (1944–1956)
- Father James P. Shannon (1956–1966)
- Monsignor Terrence Murphy (1966–1991)
- Father Dennis Dease
Rev. Dennis Dease is a Roman Catholic priest, and has served as the 14th president of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota since his election in 1991.-Biography:...
(1991–present)
Academics
Each year the university awards almost 2,500 degrees including five different bachelor’s degrees (
B.A.A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
, B.M.,
B.S.A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
, B.S.M.E. and B.S.E.E.). There are 88 major fields at the undergraduate level, with 59 minor fields of study and seven pre-professional programs. At the graduate and professional level, the university offers 41 master’s degrees, two education specialist, one
juris doctorJuris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
and five
doctorateA doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
s.
Schools and colleges
The university offers its degree programs through nine divisions. The College of Arts and Sciences includes undergraduate departments in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, plus a number of interdisciplinary programs. The
Opus College of BusinessThe Opus College of Business is the business school for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students at the University of St. Thomas....
has seven departments offering graduate and undergraduate curricula including Executive Education and Professional Development at University of St. Thomas, and is one of six
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accredited business schools in Minnesota. St. Thomas also houses the
Saint Paul Seminary School of DivinityThe Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was founded by Archbishop John Ireland in 1894, to provide ordained priests for the ever-increasing Catholic population of the Upper Midwest. The seminary now sits on the south campus of the University of St. Thomas,...
, which offers master’s- and doctoral-level degrees oriented to theological study and the practice of ministry. Other schools include the School of Education, the School of Engineering, and the School of Social Work. The
Master of Social WorkThe Master of Social Work is a master's degree in social workand especiality of sociology.- United States :In the United States, MSW degrees must be received from a graduate school that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education...
is offered as a joint degree program with the
College of St. CatherineSt. Catherine University is a private Catholic university for women located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. There is also a campus in Minneapolis. Enrollment is 5,246 students. With approximately 2,900 bachelor's students, it is the largest university for women in the United States. Its...
.
Schools housed on the Minneapolis campus include the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Undergraduate and Graduate Schools of Education, Graduate Programs in Software Engineering, and the
School of LawThe University of St. Thomas School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of St. Thomas and is one of four law schools in the Twin Cities. It currently enrolls 457 students.-History:...
, which was re-opened in 1999 after a 66-year hiatus.
The University of St. Thomas is a member of the
Associated Colleges of the Twin CitiesThe Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities is a consortium of private liberal arts institutions dedicated to providing cooperative programs, services, and opportunities for their respective students, faculty, staff, and administrators. The ACTC is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The five members...
(ACTC), a consortium of five private liberal arts colleges. This program allows students to take classes at one of the associated colleges for no additional cost. Other schools include Hamline University, College of St. Catherine, Macalester College, and Augsburg College.
Athletics
St. Thomas's school colors are purple and gray, and the athletic teams are called the Tommies. The mascot for these teams is "Tommie" the
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. The name Tommy was changed to Tommie with an 'ie' when girls were accepted as full time students to be more inclusive of the women. UST is a member of the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceThe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota...
(MIAC), which performs at the NCAA Division III level. Since 1885 athletics have been present on St. Thomas' campus. The first sports teams that became popular were intramural. The top intramural baseball teams in the 1890s were the "Blues" and "Grays", which is where the Tommies' school colors come from. Varsity sports did not begin until 1904. UST celebrated its 100th year of varsity athletics in 2003-2004.
UST's longtime archrival is
Saint John's UniversityThe College of Saint Benedict , for women, and Saint John's University , for men, are partnered liberal arts colleges respectively located in St. Joseph and Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. Students attend classes and activities together, and have access to the resources of both campuses...
from Collegeville, Minnesota. St. Thomas leads the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III Team Championships won with 10. Recent national titles include men's basketball in 2011, men's baseball in 2009 and 2001, women's softball in 2004 and 2005, men's lacrosse in 2009 and 2010, and dance team in 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2006. St. Thomas also won national championships with women's basketball in 1991, men's cross country in 1984 and 1986, men's indoor track in 1985, and women's cross country in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987.
UST has signed a two-year deal with
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radio to broadcast Tommies football games.
Student housing
Undergraduate housing is found on the St. Paul Campus. Approximately 2,400 residents live in 10 traditional halls and apartments. Additionally,
St. John Vianney College SeminarySt. John Vianney Seminary is a Roman Catholic college seminary located on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The seminary's mission is "to provide basic training today for tomorrow's Catholic priests." Seminarians undergo a four-year program of spiritual conferences...
holds approximately 140 students. All traditional halls are single-sex, while apartment residences are co-ed by floor. Residence halls on campus are named after
Archbishops of Minneapolis-St. PaulThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by the prelature of an archbishop which administers the archdiocese from the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis...
, such as William O. Brady,
Austin DowlingAustin Dowling was the second Archbishop and fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. He was appointed on January 31, 1919 and held the office to his death...
, and
John IrelandJohn Ireland was the third bishop and first archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota . He became both a religious as well as civic leader in Saint Paul during the turn of the century...
. The all-female traditional hall of John Paul II is named after the former Pope. Built in 1894,
Cretin HallCretin Hall is one of the male undergraduate residence halls at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It resides on the South Campus, which is just south of the historical Summit Avenue. Cretin was originally constructed as the South Student Residence Building for the Saint Paul...
is the oldest hall on campus and was designed (along with Loras and Grace halls) by
Cass Gilbert- Historical impact :Gilbert is considered a skyscraper pioneer; when designing the Woolworth Building he moved into unproven ground — though he certainly was aware of the ground-breaking work done by Chicago architects on skyscrapers and once discussed merging firms with the legendary Daniel...
.
Recently the department of residence life has purchased additional buildings on what they are calling 'mid-campus' in the area of land between Grand and Summit Avenues. They are housing men and women transfer students in one of two buildings, separated by gender. There is an apartment complex that is specifically designed for sophomores. Also, they house students in the residence above the Child Development Center, which is a day-care facility on campus.
The University of St. Thomas offers special interest floors, or floors that are intended to house specific residents with similar interests or class standing. Almost one-third of all floors are First Year Experience floors, which consist of only freshmen. This practice attempts to create a cohesive community by placing students together that will have a similar experience. UST has also had a Catholic Women's floor, Catholic Men's floor, the Changing Faces of Minnesota floors, the Women in Math & Science floor, Substance Free floors, and will open their first Sophomore Experience floors in the fall of 2008.
Housing Policies
Most of the dorms have strict policies regarding guests within the residence hall. After 8 PM any guests (including students of other dorms) must be checked in by a member of that residence. Guests must leave the dorm by midnight on weekdays and 2 am on Friday and Saturday nights. As of the 2008/2009 school year, St. Thomas has initiated a check-out rule where guests must check out, otherwise the resident may face penalties or fines. The policies are largely in effect to instill Catholic values and keep members of the opposite gender from staying overnight in the same room, but the guest visitation policy also serves to help ensure campus safety. The campus is not dry: students over 21 years of age are allowed alcohol in the upper-class apartments.
Undergraduate Student Government
The on-campus student association is the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), formerly known as the ACC. The student government is made up of an executive board and general council. Each executive board member receives a stipend. The executive board consists of the president of the student body, executive vice president, vice president of financial affairs, vice president of academic affairs, vice president of administrative affairs and vice president of public relations. The general council consists of class presidents, class senators and representatives from various university organizations.
The student government oversees funding to all clubs on campus, approves new club requests, appoints students to various university committees and represents the student body to the administration. USG has its own offices located in the student center. Elections are held in the fall and spring every academic year.
Film and movies
- In 1992 Crossing the Bridge starring Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author. One of the Baldwin brothers, he is known for his roles as William F. Cody in the western show The Young Riders and as Stuart in the movie Threesome...
used St. Thomas as part of its set.
- A made-for-TV film entitled She Led Two Lives was filmed on campus in 1994.
- Direct to video film Overnight Delivery
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was shot on the St. Thomas campus in 1998.
- St. Thomas alumnus Casey Garven was cast as Larson, a snobby "cake-eating" hockey player from Edina in the movies The Mighty Ducks
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and D2: The Mighty DucksD2: The Mighty Ducks is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks. It was produced by Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and it was originally released on March 25, 1994...
.
Notable faculty
- Eugene McCarthy
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, U.S. Senator and Representative
- Eoin McKiernan
Eoin McKiernan, M.A.,Ph.D., D. Litt., was one of the major early scholars in the interdisciplinary field of Irish Studies in the United States and the founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute. He is credited with leading efforts to revive and preserve Irish culture and language in the...
, early scholar in Irish Studies
Notable alumni
- Kristen Aldridge - Actress and host of ESPN sports-entertainment series "ESPN Road Trip"
- Larry Bond
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- Game designer and author
- Dan Buettner
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- Explorer, educator, author
- Robert Buss - Managing Director, Disciplined Growth Investors
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- Dottie Cannon
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- Miss Minnesota USAThe Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...
2006
- Michael Ciresi - Internationally prominent attorney
- Tom Dooher
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- President, Education MinnesotaEducation Minnesota is an American trade union representing preK-12 teachers, school support staff and higher education faculty in Minnesota. It is affiliated with both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers , and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.The union's...
- Vince Flynn
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- Author
- Timothy Flynn - Chairman, KPMG International
- Herb Franta
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- Professional football player
- Michael J. Hoffman - CEO, The Toro Company
- Miriam Johnson - actress, co-host of the Hometime PBS TV series; she received her degree in communication and theater from the University of St. Thomas
- Abraham Kaplan
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- Philosopher
- John Kundla
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- First ever coach for the Minneapolis LakersThe Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
- Jake Mauer
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- Professional baseball player and coach
- Jon A. Mikolyzk - PGA Professional
- T.D. Mischke - Radio talk show host
- Jim Oberstar
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- Former U.S. Congressman
- Gerald Rauenhorst - Founding chairman, Opus Corp.
- Chuck Reichow
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- Professional football player
- Patrick J. Ryan
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- Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army
- John Schneider
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- General manager of the Seattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
- Evan Schwartz
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- Author
- Ali Selim
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- Film director
- Joe Soucheray
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- Radio Talk Show Host
- Will Steger
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- Polar explorer
- Brittany Thelemann - Miss Minnesota USA
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2011
- John Vachon
- Photographer
- Roy Vassau
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- Professional football player
- Ann Winblad
Ann L. Winblad is a partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.-Early years:Ann L. Winblad was born on November 1, 1950 in Red Wing, Minnesota...
- Venture Capitalist
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