List of Phi Sigma Kappa brothers
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Alan Baxter

Chi (Williams), 1930

Television and motion picture actor from 1935 to 1966. A popular character actor of his day, portraying classic villains, his credits include many film, stage and television appearances, for example, Perry Mason and The Virginian.

[1]

David Cook

Epsilon Iota (Central Missouri), 2006

Rock musician, winner of television show American Idol Season #7 in 2008.

[36]

Julio DiBenedetto

Pi Deuteron (Ohio State), 1951

Producer and Director of television shows.

Frank Filipetti

Iota Triton (Connecticut), 1968

Grammy Award-winning recording engineer.

[3]

Cedric W. Foster

Tau (Dartmouth), 1924

News Analyst, MBS; member of executive staff, Yankee Network.

David French

Gamma (Cornell), 1960

Former news anchor, CNN.

[3]

Squire Fridell

Phi Tetarton (U. Pacific), 1964

Television actor, has appeared in over three thousand television commercials. Portrayed "The Toyotaman" in American TV ads for The Toyota Motor Corporation. Served as the official "Ronald McDonald" clown character commercials for McDonald's restaurants. Supporting character roles in Rosetti and Ryan, M*A*S*H, Newhart, Ironside and Adam-12.

[1]

Burl Ives

Epsilon Delta (Eastern Illinois), 1931

Actor and folksinger.

[4]

Don Knotts

Delta (West Virginia) 1946

Television and movie comedian; Five-time Emmy Award winner

[4][9]

James L. Loper

Chi Triton (Arizona State), 1953

Executive Director, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

[4]

Cheech Marin

Xi Pentaton (Cal State Northridge), 1968

Comedian and Actor

James Pier Mason

Gamma Deuteron (Iowa State), 1911

Screen actor, veteran of more than 200 films between 1914 and 1952. He was born in France, resided in Iowa and Minnesota, and for most of his life, in California.

[1][37]

T. J. Miller

Lambda (George Washington), 2003

Actor and comedian

Martin Milner

Omega Deuteron (USC), 1953

Television actor, Route 66, Adam 12, etc.

[4]

John Bennett Perry

Xi (St. Lawrence), 1963

Stage, film and television actor, and musician. Also father to actor Matthew Perry.

[6]

Chris Sarandon

Delta (West Virginia), 1964

Film actor

[4][9]

David Selby

Delta (West Virginia), 1963

Television and stage actor

[4][9]

Red Skelton

Gamma Epsilon (NE Missouri State), Honorary

Emmy Award-winning television comedian

[4]

Tom Smothers

Xi Triton (San Jose State), 1961

One of the Smothers Brothers, popular folk-singing and comedy team

[4]

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Alan Baxter ( November 19 , 1908 - May 7 , 1976 ) was an American film and television actor .
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown , Massachusetts . It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams , a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755 . Williams is on a 450-acre ( 1.8 km2 ) campus in Williamstown , in the Berkshires in rural northwestern Massachusetts . The campus contains more than 100 academic , athletic , and residential buildings . There are 357 voting faculty members , with a student-to-faculty ratio of 7:1 . As of 2019 [ update ] , the school has an enrollment of 2,078 undergraduate students and 56 graduate students . The college competes in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference , and competes in the conference as the Ephs . The athletic program has been highly successful , as Williams College has won 22 of the last 24 College Directors ' Cups for NCAA Division III . Following a liberal arts curriculum , Williams College provides undergraduate instruction in 25 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 36 majors in the humanities , arts , social sciences , and natural sciences . Williams offers an almost entirely undergraduate instruction , as there are two graduate programs in development economics and art history . The college maintains affiliations with the nearby Clark Art Institute and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art , and has a close relationship with Exeter College , Oxford University . Undergraduate admission is highly selective , with an acceptance rate of 12% for the Class of 2023 .
David Roland Cook ( born December 20 , 1982 ) is an American rock singer-songwriter , who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of American Idol in 2008 . Prior to Idol he released an independent album entitled Analog Heart . This was followed by his post-Idol major-label debut David Cook which was released on November 18 , 2008 , and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA . His second major album This Loud Morning was released on June 28 , 2011 . His third post American Idol and fourth overall studio album Digital Vein was released on September 18 , 2015 .
The University of Central Missouri ( UCM ) is a public university in Warrensburg , Missouri . It serves more than 14000 students from 49 states and 59 countries on its 1,561-acre campus . UCM offers 150 programs of study , including 10 pre-professional programs , 27 areas of teacher certification , and 37 graduate programs .
The Ohio State University ( OSU , commonly referred to as Ohio State ) is a public research university in Columbus , Ohio . Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862 , the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College . The college originally focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor ( later , U.S. president ) Rutherford B. Hayes , and in 1878 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to The Ohio State University . The main campus in Columbus , Ohio , has since grown into the third-largest university campus in the United States . The university also operates regional campuses in Lima , Mansfield , Marion , Newark , and Wooster . The university has an extensive student life program , with over 1,000 student organizations ; intercollegiate , club and recreational sports programs ; student media organizations and publications , fraternities and sororities ; and three student governments . Ohio State athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Ohio State Buckeyes . As of the 2016 Summer Olympics , athletes from Ohio State have won 104 Olympic medals ( 46 gold , 35 silver , and 23 bronze ) . The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority of sports .
Frank Filipetti is a 7x Grammy-winning music producer , engineer and mixer who was born in Bristol , Connecticut . Frank won 5 of those Grammys for The Color Purple , The Book of Mormon , Wicked , Monty Python 's Spamalot and Elton John and Tim Rice 's Aida . He was one of the first engineers to embrace digital . His credits include mixes for such number one singles as Foreigner 's I Want to Know What Love Is and I Do n't Want to Live Without You ( which he also produced ) , the 1983 KISS album , Lick It Up and The Bangles ' song , Eternal Flame . Filipetti engineered and produced Survivor 's 1988 album , Too Hot to Sleep . Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for Carly Simon , Barbra Streisand , Vanessa Williams , George Michael , 10,000 Maniacs , Lauren Kinhan , Korn , Frank Zappa and James Taylor , whose Hourglass Filipetti produced , engineered and mixed , winning Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album . A proponent of surround sound , Filipetti has made nine 5.1/DVD projects , including works for Billy Joel , Carly Simon , James Taylor and Meatloaf . He has recorded and mixed numerous live albums including the Pavarotti and Friends series , 1999 's Minnelli on Minnelli : Live at the Palace , James Taylor 's Live at the Beacon and most recently , Elton John 's One Night Only . He is also recorded original cast albums for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum featuring Nathan Lane , the Grammy-winning Annie Get Your Gun and 2000 's Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Aida , among others . Filipetti lives in West Nyack , New York and is managed by Joe D'Ambrosio Management , Inc .
The University of Connecticut ( UConn ) is a public land grant , National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs , Connecticut . It was founded in 1881 . The primary 4,400-acre ( 17.8 km2 ) campus is in Storrs , Connecticut , approximately a half hour 's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston . It is a flagship university that is ranked as tied for the best public national university in New England and is tied for 24th in top public schools and tied for 64th best national university in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings . UConn has been ranked by Money Magazine and Princeton Review top 18th in value . The university is designated R-1 : Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity with the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifying the student body as More Selective , its most selective admissions category . The university has been recognized as a Public Ivy , defined as a select group of publicly funded universities considered to provide a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League . UConn is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford , Connecticut/Springfield , Massachusetts regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England 's Knowledge Corridor . UConn was the second U.S. university invited into Universitas 21 , an elite international network of 24 research-intensive universities , who work together to foster global citizenship . UConn is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges . UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School , named after two brothers who donated the land for the school . In 1893 , the school became a land grant college .
Dartmouth College ( /ˈdɑːrtməθ/ DART-məth ) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover , New Hampshire , United States . Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock , it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution . Although founded as a school to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life , Dartmouth primarily trained Congregationalist ministers throughout its early history before it gradually secularized , emerging at the turn of the 20th century from relative obscurity into national prominence . Following a liberal arts curriculum , the university provides undergraduate instruction in 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 57 majors in the humanities , social sciences , natural sciences , and engineering , and enables students to design specialized concentrations or engage in dual degree programs . Dartmouth comprises five constituent schools : the original undergraduate college , the Geisel School of Medicine , the Thayer School of Engineering , the Tuck School of Business , and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies . The university also has affiliations with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center , the Rockefeller Institute for Public Policy , and the Hopkins Center for the Arts . With a student enrollment of about 6,400 , Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League . Undergraduate admissions are highly competitive , with an acceptance rate of 7.9% for the Class of 2023 . Situated on a terrace above the Connecticut River , Dartmouth 's 269-acre main campus is in the rural Upper Valley region of New England . The university functions on a quarter system , operating year-round on four ten-week academic terms . Dartmouth is known for its undergraduate focus , strong Greek culture , and wide array of enduring campus traditions . Its 34 varsity sports teams compete intercollegiately in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Dartmouth is consistently included among the highest-ranked universities in the United States by several institutional rankings , and has been cited as a leading university for undergraduate teaching and research by U.S. News & World Report .
The Mutual Broadcasting System ( commonly referred to simply as Mutual ; sometimes referred to as MBS , Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network ) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999 . In the golden age of U.S. radio drama , Mutual was best known as the original network home of The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman and as the long-time radio residence of The Shadow . For many years , it was a national broadcaster for Major League Baseball ( including the All-Star Game and World Series ) , the National Football League , and Notre Dame football . From the mid-1930s and until the retirement of the network in 1999 , Mutual ran a highly respected news service accompanied by a variety of popular commentary shows . During the late 1970s , Mutual pioneered the nationwide late night call-in radio show and introduced the country to Larry King . In the early 1970s , acting in much the same style as rival ABC had two years earlier ( in 1968 ) , Mutual launched four radio networks : Mutual Black Network ( MBN ) ( initially launched as Mutual Reports ) , which evolved to today 's American Urban Radio Networks ( AURN ) ; Mutual Cadena Hispánica ( trans . Mutual Spanish Network ) ; Mutual Southwest Network , and Mutual Progressive Network ( was later re-branded Mutual Lifestyle Radio in 1980 , then cancelled in 1983 ) . Of the four national networks of American radio 's classic era , Mutual had for decades the largest number of affiliates , but the least certain financial position ( which prevented Mutual from expanding into television broadcasting after World War II , as the other three networks did ) . For the first 18 years of its existence , Mutual was owned and operated as a cooperative ( a system similar to that of today 's National Public Radio ) , setting the network apart from its corporate owned competitors . Mutual 's member stations shared their own original programming , transmission and promotion expenses , and advertising revenues . From December 30 , 1936 , when it debuted in the West , the Mutual Broadcasting System had affiliates from coast to coast . Its business structure would change after General Tire assumed majority ownership in 1952 through a series of regional and individual station acquisitions .
Cornell University ( /kɔːrˈnɛl/ kor-NEL ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university in Ithaca , New York . Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White , the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge - from the classics to the sciences , and from the theoretical to the applied . These ideals , unconventional for the time , are captured in Cornell 's founding principle , a popular 1868 Ezra Cornell quotation : I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study . The university is broadly organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus , with each college and division defining its own admission standards and academic programs in near autonomy . The university also administers two satellite medical campuses , one in New York City and one in Education City , Qatar , and Cornell Tech , a graduate program that incorporates technology , business , and creative thinking . The program moved from Google 's Chelsea Building in New York City to its permanent campus on Roosevelt Island in September 2017 . Cornell is one of ten private land grant universities in the United States and the only one in New York . [ note 1 ] Of its seven undergraduate colleges , three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges through the State University of New York ( SUNY ) system , including its agricultural and human ecology colleges as well as its industrial labor relations school . Of Cornell 's graduate schools , only the veterinary college is state-supported . As a land grant college , Cornell operates a cooperative extension outreach program in every county of New York and receives annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions . The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres , but is much larger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens ( more than 4,300 acres ) and the numerous university-owned lands in New York City are considered . As of October 2019 , 59 Nobel laureates , four Turing Award winners and one Fields Medalist have been affiliated with Cornell University .
CNN ( Cable News Network ) is an American news-based pay television channel owned by AT & T 's WarnerMedia . CNN was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel . Upon its launch in 1980 , CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and was the first all-news television channel in the United States . While the news channel has numerous affiliates , CNN primarily broadcasts from 30 Hudson Yards in New York City , and studios in Washington , D.C. and Los Angeles . Its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming . CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U.S . ( or CNN Domestic ) to distinguish the U.S. channel from its international sister network , CNN International . The network is known for its dramatic live coverage of breaking news , some of which has drawn criticism as overly sensationalistic , and for its efforts to be nonpartisan , which have led to accusations of false balance . As of September 2018 , CNN has 90.1 million television households as subscribers ( 97.7% of households with cable ) in the United States . In 2019 , CNN ranked third in viewership among cable news networks , behind rivals Fox News and MSNBC , averaging 972,000 viewers . CNN ranks 14th among all basic cable networks . Globally , CNN programming airs through CNN International , which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories .
Squire Fridell ( born February 9 , 1943 ) is an American actor and co-owner and operator of GlenLyon Vineyards , perhaps best known for his infectious enthusiasm displayed in over three thousand television commercials .
University of the Pacific ( Pacific or UOP ) is a private Methodist-affiliated university with campuses in Sacramento , San Francisco , and Stockton , California . It is the oldest chartered university in California , the first independent coeducational campus in California , and both the first conservatory of music and first medical school on the West Coast . UOP was first chartered on July 10 , 1851 , in Santa Clara , California , under the name California Wesleyan College . The school moved to San Jose in 1871 and then to Stockton 97 years ago in 1923 . Pacific is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC ) . In addition to its liberal arts college and graduate school , Pacific has schools of business , dentistry , education , engineering , international studies , law , music , and pharmacy and health sciences . It has extensive collections pertaining to jazz musician and alumnus Dave Brubeck , who in 1953 released the live album Jazz at the College of the Pacific . It is also home to the papers of environmental pioneer John Muir .
Toyota Motor Corporation ( Japanese : トヨタ自動車株式会社 , Hepburn : Toyota Jidōsha KK , IPA : [ toꜜjota ] , English : /tɔɪˈoʊtə/ ) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota , Aichi , Japan . In 2017 , Toyota 's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and , as of December 2019 [ update ] , was the tenth-largest company in the world by revenue . Toyota is the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world , behind Volkswagen , based on 2018 unit sales . Toyota was the world 's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year , which it has done since 2012 , when it also reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle . As of July 2014 [ update ] , Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization ( worth more than twice as much as number 2-ranked SoftBank ) and by revenue . Toyota is the global market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles , and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe . Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles . Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017 . Its Prius family is the world 's top-selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide as of January 2017 [ update ] . The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 , as a spinoff from his father 's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles . Three years earlier , in 1934 , while still a department of Toyota Industries , it created its first product , the Type A engine , and its first passenger car in 1936 , the Toyota AA . Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands , including the Toyota brand , Hino , Lexus , Ranz , and Daihatsu .
Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald 's fast-food restaurant chain . In television commercials , the clown inhabited a fantasy world called McDonaldland , in which he had adventures with his friends Mayor McCheese , the Hamburglar , Grimace , Birdie the Early Bird and The Fry Kids . By 2003 , McDonaldland had been dropped from McDonald 's advertising - since then , Ronald is instead shown interacting with normal children in their everyday lives . Many people work full-time making appearances in the Ronald McDonald costume , visiting children in hospitals and attending regular events . At its height there may have been as many as 300 full-time clowns at McDonald 's . There are also Ronald McDonald Houses , where parents can stay overnight when visiting sick children in nearby chronic care facilities .
McDonald 's Corporation is an American fast food company , founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald , in San Bernardino , California , United States . They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand , and later turned the company into a franchise , with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix , Arizona . In 1955 , Ray Kroc , a businessman , joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers . McDonald 's had its original headquarters in Oak Brook , Illinois , but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in early 2018 . McDonald 's is the world 's largest restaurant chain by revenue , serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across 37,855 outlets as of 2018 . Although McDonald 's is best known for its hamburgers , cheeseburgers and french fries , they also feature chicken products , breakfast items , soft drinks , milkshakes , wraps , and desserts . In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their food , the company has added to its menu salads , fish , smoothies , and fruit . The McDonald 's Corporation revenues come from the rent , royalties , and fees paid by the franchisees , as well as sales in company-operated restaurants . According to two reports published in 2018 , McDonald 's is the world 's second-largest private employer with 1.7 million employees ( behind Walmart with 2.3 million employees ) .
M*A*S*H ( an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ) is an American war comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from 1972 to 1983 . It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first spin-off series adapted from the 1970 feature film M*A*S*H , which , in turn , was based on Richard Hooker 's 1968 novel MASH : A Novel About Three Army Doctors . The series , which was produced with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS , follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu , South Korea , during the Korean War ( 1950-53 ) . The show 's title sequence features an instrumental-only version of Suicide Is Painless , the original film 's theme song . The show was created after an attempt to film the original book 's sequel , M*A*S*H Goes to Maine , failed . The television series is the best-known of the M*A*S*H works , and one of the highest-rated shows in U.S. television history .
Newhart is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 25 , 1982 to May 21 , 1990 with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons . The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife who own and operate an inn in a small , rural Vermont town that is home to many eccentric characters . TV Guide , TV Land , and A & E named the Newhart series finale as one of the most memorable in television history . Newhart was recorded on videotape for Season 1 , with the remaining seasons shot on film . The theme music for Newhart was composed by Henry Mancini .
Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over 8 seasons from 1967 to 1975 . The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside , a consultant for the San Francisco police ( usually addressed by the title Chief Ironside ) , who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation . The character debuted on March 28 , 1967 , in a TV movie titled Ironside . When the series was broadcast in the United Kingdom , from late 1967 onwards , it was broadcast under the title A Man Called Ironside . The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations . Ironside was a production of Burr 's Harbour Productions Unlimited in association with Universal Television .
Adam-12 is a television police procedural drama that follows Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they ride the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit , 1-Adam-12 . The series was created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb , the latter of whom also created Dragnet . It starred Martin Milner and Kent McCord and purported to realistically capture a typical day in the life of police officers . The show ran from September 21 , 1968 , through May 20 , 1975 , and helped to introduce police procedures and jargon to the general public in the United States .
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives ( June 14 , 1909 - April 14 , 1995 ) was an American singer and actor of stage , screen , radio and television . Ives began as an itinerant singer and banjoist , and launched his own radio show , The Wayfaring Stranger , which popularized traditional folk songs . In 1942 , he appeared in Irving Berlin 's This Is the Army , and then became a major star of CBS radio . In the 1960s , he successfully crossed over into country music , recording hits such as A Little Bitty Tear and Funny Way of Laughin ' . A popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s , Ives 's best-known film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart ( 1949 ) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( 1958 ) , as well as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country ( 1958 ) , for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Ives is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman , narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , which continues to air annually around Christmas .
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston , Illinois . Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School , a teacher 's college offering a two-year degree , Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a broad curriculum , including bachelor 's and master 's degrees in education , business , arts , sciences , and humanities .
Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21 , 1924 - February 24 , 2006 ) was an American actor and comedian , best known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show , a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards , and for his role as Ralph Furley on the highly rated sitcom Three 's Company from 1979 to 1984 . He also starred in multiple comedic films , including playing Luther Heggs in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken ( 1966 ) and Henry Limpet in The Incredible Mr. Limpet ( 1964 ) . In 1979 TV Guide ranked him # 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list .
West Virginia University ( WVU ) is a public , land-grant , research university with its main campus in Morgantown , West Virginia . Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley , Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser , and a second clinical campus for the university 's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston . WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia 's 55 counties . Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester was 26,864 for the main campus , while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 29,959 . The Morgantown campus offers 350+ bachelor 's , master 's , doctoral , and professional degree programs throughout 14 colleges and schools . Twenty-five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni , including former WVU president David C. Hardesty , Jr . The university has also produced 45 Goldwater Scholars , 24 Truman Scholars , and five members ( & 11 academic team honorees ) of USA Today 's All - USA College Academic First Team . Additionally , WVU has had three George C. Marshall ( British ) Scholars , five Morris K. Udall Scholars , 26 Boren Scholars , 63 Gilman Scholars , 64 Fulbright Scholars , three Department of Homeland Security Scholars , 32 Critical Language Scholars , one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar , five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellowships , and 25 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Graduate Fellowships .
An Emmy Award , or simply Emmy , is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry . It is presented at numerous annual events held throughout the calendar year , each honoring one of the various sectors of the television industry . The two ceremonies that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards , which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming , respectively . Other notable Emmy events include those honoring national sports programming , national news and documentary shows , and technological and engineering achievements in television , including the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards . Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year , recognizing excellence in local and statewide television . In addition , the International Emmy Awards honor excellence in TV programming produced and initially aired outside the United States . The Emmy is named after immy , an informal term for the image orthicon tube that was common in early television cameras . The statuette depicts a winged woman holding an atom . The Emmy is considered one of the four major American entertainment awards , the others being the Grammy ( for music ) , the Oscar ( for film ) , and the Tony ( for theater ) . Three related , but separate , organizations present the Emmy Award : the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS ) , the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( NATAS ) , and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ( IATAS ) . The ATAS first awarded the Emmy in 1949 to honor shows produced in the Los Angeles area before it became a national event in the 1950s to honor programs aired nationwide . Over the next two decades , the ATAS , the NATAS , and the IATAS expanded the award to honor other areas of the TV industry , with each organization responsible for administering a particular set of Emmy competitions .
James Leaders Loper ( September 4 , 1931 - July 8 , 2013 ) was an American television executive who co-founded KCET in 1964 and served as Executive Director of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 1983 to 1999 .
Arizona State University ( commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State ) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area , and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona . ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U.S. As of fall 2019 , the university had nearly 90,000 students attending classes across its metro campuses , more than 38,000 students attending online , including 83,000-plus undergraduates and more nearly 20,000 postgraduates . The university is organized into 17 colleges , featuring more than 170 cross-discipline centers and institutes . ASU offers 350 degree options for undergraduates students , as well as more than 400 graduate degree and certificate programs . ASU has nearly 600 ASU scholar-athletes across 26 varsity-level sports . The Arizona State Sun Devils compete in the Pac-12 Conference and have won 59 Pac-10/Pac-12 championships dating back to 1979 , and have captured 24 NCAA championships dating to its first ( baseball ) title in 1965 . In addition to its athletic program , the university is home to over 1,100 registered student organizations . ASU 's charter , approved by the board of regents in 2014 , is based on the New American University model created by ASU President Michael M. Crow upon his appointment as the institution 's 16th president in 2002 . It defines ASU as a comprehensive public research university , measured not by whom it excludes , but rather by whom it includes and how they succeed ; advancing research and discovery of public value ; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic , social , cultural and overall health of the communities it serves . Since 2005 , ASU has been ranked among the top research universities in the U.S. , public and private , based on research output , innovation , development , research expenditures , number of awarded patents and awarded research grant proposals . The 2019 university ratings by U.S. News & World Report rank ASU No . 1 among the Most Innovative Schools in America for the fourth year in a row .
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS ) , also colloquially known as the Television Academy , is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States . Founded in 1946 , the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards , an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television .
Richard Anthony Cheech Marín ( born July 13 , 1946 ) is an American stand-up comedian , actor , writer and activist , who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson 's partner , Insp . Joe Dominguez , on Nash Bridges . He has also voiced characters in several Disney films , including Oliver & Company , The Lion King , the Cars series , Coco and Beverly Hills Chihuahua . Marín 's trademark is his characters ' strong Chicano accents , although Marin himself is not fluent in Spanish [ citation needed ]
California State University , Northridge ( CSUN /ˈsiːsʌn/ or Cal State Northridge ) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . With a total enrollment of 38,391 students ( as of Fall 2019 ) , it has the largest undergraduate population as well as the second largest total student body of the 23-campus California State University system , making it one of the largest comprehensive universities in the United States in terms of enrollment size . The size of CSUN also has a major impact on the California economy , with an estimated $ 1.9 billion in economic output generated by CSUN on a yearly basis . As of Fall 2019 , the university had 2,139 faculty , of which 805 ( or about 40% ) were tenured or on the tenure track . California State University , Northridge was founded first as the Valley satellite campus of California State University , Los Angeles . It then became an independent college in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College , with major campus master planning and construction . The university adopted its current name of California State University , Northridge in 1972 . The 1994 Northridge earthquake caused $ 400 million in damage to the campus , the heaviest damage ever sustained by an American college campus . The university offers 134 different bachelor 's degrees and master 's degree programs in 70 different fields , as well as four doctoral degrees ( two Doctor of Education degrees , a Doctor of Audiology , and a Doctor of Physical Therapy ) and 24 teaching credentials . It is classified among Master 's Colleges & Universities : Larger Programs . CSUN is considered to be one of the most diverse universities in the nation and currently has over 350,000 alumni . Additionally , CSUN has been consistently recognized as having one of the best film schools as well as music schools in the U.S. and in the world .
James Pier Mason ( February 3 , 1889 - November 7 , 1959 ) was an American actor . He appeared in 173 films between 1914 and 1952 , often as a villain or henchman in Westerns , and was sometimes credited as James Mason or Jim Mason . A memorable performance was in 1920 's The Penalty as the drug-addicted criminal who shoots Lon Chaney 's character Blizzard in the final moments of the film .
Iowa State University of Science and Technology ( Iowa State ) is a public land-grant and space-grant research university in Ames , Iowa . It is the largest university in the state of Iowa and the third largest university in the Big 12 athletic conference . Iowa State is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . It is also a member of the Association of American Universities ( AAU ) . Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start , Iowa State became the nation 's first designated land-grant institution when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11 , 1862 , making Iowa the first state in the nation to do so . Iowa State 's academic offerings are administered today through eight colleges , including the graduate college , that offer over 100 bachelor 's degree programs , 112 master 's degree programs , and 83 at the Ph.D. level , plus a professional degree program in Veterinary Medicine . Iowa State University 's athletic teams , the Cyclones , compete in Division I of the NCAA and are a founding member of the Big 12 . The Cyclones field 16 varsity teams and have won numerous NCAA national championships .
Todd Joseph Miller ( born June 4 , 1981 ) is an American actor , stand-up comedian , social critic , producer and writer . In 2008 , he made his acting debut in Cloverfield , and from 2010 to 2014 , he voiced Tuffnut Thorston in the first two How to Train Your Dragon films . From 2014 to 2017 , he starred as Erlich Bachman in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley and also played Marvel Comics character Weasel in 2016 's Deadpool and its 2018 sequel , Deadpool 2 . Miller also has had roles in films such as Yogi Bear , She 's Out of My League , Transformers : Age of Extinction , Big Hero 6 , Office Christmas Party , The Emoji Movie and Ready Player One .
George Washington University ( GW or GWU ) is a private research university in Washington , D.C . It was chartered in 1821 by an act of the United States Congress . The university is organized into 14 colleges and schools , including the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences , the Elliott School of International Affairs , the GW School of Business , the School of Media and Public Affairs , the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration , the GW Law School and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design . George Washington 's main Foggy Bottom Campus is located in the heart of Washington , D.C. , with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank located on campus and the White House and the U.S. Department of State within blocks of campus . GWU hosts numerous research centers and institutes , including the National Security Archive and the Institute for International Economic Policy . GWU has two satellite campuses : the Mount Vernon Campus , located in D.C. 's Foxhall neighborhood and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus . It is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia . George Washington , the first President of the United States , advocated the establishment of a national university in the U.S. capital in his first State of the Union address in 1790 and continued to promote this idea throughout his career and until his death . In his will , Washington left shares in the Potomac Company to endow the university . However , due to the company 's financial difficulties , funds were raised independently . On February 9 , 1821 , the university was founded by an Act of Congress , making it one of only five universities in the United States with a Congressional charter . George Washington offers degree programs in seventy-one disciplines , enrolling an average of 11,000 undergraduate and 15,500 post-graduate students from more than 130 countries .
Martin Sam Milner ( December 28 , 1931 - September 6 , 2015 ) was an American film , stage , radio , and television actor . Milner is known for his performances on two television series : Route 66 , which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964 , and Adam-12 , which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975 .
The University of Southern California ( USC , [ a ] SC , or Southern Cal ) is a private research university in Los Angeles , California . Founded in 1880 , it is the oldest private research university in California . For the 2018-19 academic year , there were 20,000 students enrolled in four-year undergraduate programs . USC also has 27,500 graduate and professional students in a number of different programs , including business , law , engineering , social work , occupational therapy , pharmacy , and medicine . It is the largest private employer in the city of Los Angeles and generates $ 8 billion in economic impact on Los Angeles and California . USC was one of the earliest nodes on ARPANET and is the birthplace of the Domain Name System . Other technologies invented at USC include DNA computing , dynamic programming , image compression , VoIP , and antivirus software . USC 's alumni include a total of 11 Rhodes Scholars and 12 Marshall Scholars . As of October 2018 , nine Nobel laureates , six MacArthur Fellows , and one Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the university . As of May 2018 , USC has conferred degrees upon 29 alumni who became billionaires . USC has graduated more alumni who have gone on to win an Academy Award than any other institution in the world by a significant margin . USC alumni have also played crucial roles in 21 of the top 25 highest-grossing films of all time , as of 2019 .
John Bennett Perry ( born January 4 , 1941 ) is an American actor , singer , and former model . He is the father of actor Matthew Perry .
St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college in the village of Canton in St. Lawrence County , New York . It has roughly 2400 undergraduate and 100 graduate students , about equally split between male and female . Though St. Lawrence today is non-denominational , it was founded in 1856 by leaders of the Universalist Church , who were seeking to establish a seminary west of New England and were enthusiastically courted by the citizens of Canton . The church almost did not place the school in Canton , however , as they felt students might be exposed to too much excitement within the village limits in 1856 . The denomination , which has since merged with the Unitarian faith , was part of the liberal wing of Protestantism , championing such ideas as critical thinking and gender equality - attributes that surfaced in the new Theological School of St. Lawrence University , which was progressive in its teaching philosophy and coeducational from the beginning .
Matthew Langford Perry ( born August 19 , 1969 ) is a Canadian-American actor , comedian and playwright who gained worldwide recognition for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends , which ran from 1994 to 2004 . Due to the vast popularity of the sitcom , Perry and the rest of the six-member main cast ensemble were each making $ 1 million per episode by 2002 . Along with starring in the short-lived television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip , Perry has appeared in a number of films , including Fools Rush In ( 1997 ) , The Whole Nine Yards ( 2000 ) , and 17 Again ( 2009 ) . In 2010 , he expanded his resume to include both video games and voice-over work when he voiced Benny in the video game Fallout : New Vegas . Perry was the co-creator , co-writer , executive producer , and star of the ABC sitcom Mr. Sunshine , which ran from February to April 2011 . In August 2012 , Perry began starring as Ryan King , a sportscaster , on the NBC sitcom Go On . The series was canceled on May 10 , 2013 . Perry co-developed and starred in the 2015 CBS sitcom The Odd Couple portraying Oscar Madison . The series was renewed for a second season on May 11 , 2015 and for a third season on May 16 , 2016 .
Christopher Sarandon Jr. ( /səˈrændən/ ; born July 24 , 1942 ) is a Greek-American actor . He is known best for playing Prince Humperdinck in the movie The Princess Bride , the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night , Detective Mike Norris in Child 's Play ( 1988 ) , and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas . He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon .
West Virginia University ( WVU ) is a public , land-grant , research university with its main campus in Morgantown , West Virginia . Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley , Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser , and a second clinical campus for the university 's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston . WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia 's 55 counties . Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester was 26,864 for the main campus , while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 29,959 . The Morgantown campus offers 350+ bachelor 's , master 's , doctoral , and professional degree programs throughout 14 colleges and schools . Twenty-five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni , including former WVU president David C. Hardesty , Jr . The university has also produced 45 Goldwater Scholars , 24 Truman Scholars , and five members ( & 11 academic team honorees ) of USA Today 's All - USA College Academic First Team . Additionally , WVU has had three George C. Marshall ( British ) Scholars , five Morris K. Udall Scholars , 26 Boren Scholars , 63 Gilman Scholars , 64 Fulbright Scholars , three Department of Homeland Security Scholars , 32 Critical Language Scholars , one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar , five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellowships , and 25 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Graduate Fellowships .
David Lynn Selby ( born February 5 , 1941 ) is an American film , television and stage actor . He is best known for playing Quentin Collins in the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows ( 1968-71 ) , and Richard Channing in the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest ( 1982-90 ) . Selby also had prominent roles in the television series Flamingo Road ( 1981-82 ) , and the feature film Raise the Titanic ( 1980 ) . Also a published writer , Selby has written several books including novels , memoirs , and collections of poetry .
Richard Bernard Red Skelton ( July 18 , 1913 - September 17 , 1997 ) was an American comedy entertainer . He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971 , especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show . He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television , and also appeared in burlesque , vaudeville , films , nightclubs , and casinos , all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist . Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10 , when he became part of a traveling medicine show . He then spent time on a showboat , worked the burlesque circuit , and then entered into vaudeville in 1934 . The Doughnut Dunkers pantomime sketch , which he wrote together with his wife , launched a career for him in vaudeville , radio , and films . His radio career began in 1937 with a guest appearance on The Fleischmann 's Yeast Hour , which led to his becoming the host of Avalon Time in 1938 . He became the host of The Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1941 , on which many of his comedy characters were created , and he had a regularly scheduled radio program until 1957 . Skelton made his film debut in 1938 alongside Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Alfred Santell 's Having Wonderful Time , and would appear in numerous musical and comedy films throughout the 1940s and 1950s , with starring roles in 19 films , including Ship Ahoy ( 1941 ) , I Dood It ( 1943 ) , Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ) , and The Clown ( 1953 ) . Skelton was eager to work in television , even when the medium was in its infancy . The Red Skelton Show made its television premiere on September 30 , 1951 , on NBC . By 1954 , Skelton 's program moved to CBS , where it was expanded to one hour and renamed The Red Skelton Hour in 1962 .
Truman State University ( TSU or Truman ) is a public university in Kirksville , Missouri . It had 6,379 enrolled students in the fall of 2015 , with 6,039 undergraduate and 340 postgraduate students , pursuing degrees in 50 undergraduate , and eight graduate programs . The university is named for U.S. President Harry Truman , who was born in Missouri . From 1972 until 1996 , the school was known as Northeast Missouri State University .
Thomas Bolyn Smothers III ( born February 2 , 1937 ) is an American comedian , composer and musician , best known as half of the musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers , alongside his younger brother Dick .
San José State University ( San Jose State or SJSU ) is a public university in San Jose , California . SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University ( CSU ) system . Located in downtown San Jose , the SJSU main campus is situated on 154 acres ( 62 ha ) , or roughly 19 square blocks . SJSU offers 145 bachelor 's and master 's degrees with 108 concentrations and five credential programs with 19 concentrations . The university also offers four doctoral degrees as of fall 2019 . SJSU is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC ) . SJSU 's total enrollment was 33,282 in fall 2019 , including over 5,400 graduate and credential students . SJSU 's student population is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation . As of fall 2019 , graduate student enrollment , Asian and international student enrollments at SJSU were the highest of any campus in the CSU system . SJSU is consistently listed as one of the leading suppliers of undergraduate and graduate alumni to Silicon Valley technology firms , and philanthropic support of SJSU is among the highest in the CSU system . SJSU sports teams are known as the Spartans , and compete in the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference .
The Smothers Brothers are Thomas ( Tom - born February 2 , 1937 ) and Richard ( Dick - born November 20 , 1939 ) , American folk singers , musicians , and comedians . The brothers ' trademark double act was performing folk songs ( Tommy on acoustic guitar , Dick on string bass ) , which usually led to arguments between the siblings . Tommy 's signature line was , Mom always liked you best ! Tommy ( the elder of the two ) acted slow , and Dick , the straight man , acted superior . In the late 1950s and early 1960s , the brothers frequently appeared on television variety shows and issued several popular record albums of their stage performances . Their own television variety show , The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the Vietnam War era . Despite popular success , the brothers ' penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969 . One show was left unaired . The brothers continued to work , both independently and as a team , on stage and television , and in films during subsequent decades .
Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey ( /ˈrʌtɡərz/ ) , commonly referred to as Rutgers University , or RU , is an American public research university in New Jersey . It is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey . Rutgers was originally chartered as Queen 's College on November 10 , 1766 . It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers . For most of its existence , Rutgers was a private liberal arts college but it evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956 . Rutgers has three campuses located throughout New Jersey : New Brunswick campus in New Brunswick and adjacent Piscataway , the Newark campus , and the Camden campus . The university has additional facilities elsewhere in the state . Instruction is offered by 9,000 faculty members in 175 academic departments to over 45,000 undergraduate students and more than 20,000 graduate and professional students . The university is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance , the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association . The New Brunswick campus was categorized by Howard and Matthew Green in their book titled The Public Ivies : America 's Flagship Public Universities ( 2001 ) as a Public Ivy .
Looking Glass was an American pop rock group of the early 1970s that was part of the Jersey Shore sound . Their 1972 song Brandy ( You 're a Fine Girl ) was a # 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts , remaining in the top position for one week .