alumnus
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It was for this reason Kevin “Seamus” Hasson, a Notre Dame alumnus and attorney with Williams & Connolly, founded Becket in 1994.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
"The new finds of Homo teeth from 2.6 -- 2.8 million year old sediments -- reported in this paper -- confirms the antiquity of our lineage," said Brian Villmoare, lead author and ASU alumnus.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
Hampshire nearly closed in 2019, but a fundraising effort led by documentarian Ken Burns, an alumnus, helped keep it afloat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Father Enzo Del Brocco, president of the Catholic Theological Union, of which Leo is an alumnus, said that the two men see the world in “fundamentally different ways.”
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
When you said “Devon” to an alumnus ten years after graduation he visualized the Center Common.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
They can pursue certifications tied directly to the role they want, shadow professionals, undertake projects that produce work samples and contact alumni for advice and introductions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Then they try to raise money from alumni and foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Many of the investors are Indiana alumni now working in the real-estate industry themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Alex says that a year or two later Zhang began to post on the Peking University Spanish alumni group on WeChat, offering to change dollars at preferable rates.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Some use the original, foreign plurals: alumnae; alumni; data; media; phenomena.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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