  james arthur hogue (born october 22, 1959) is a us impostor who most famously entered princeton university by posing as a self-taught orphan. ==early life== hogue was born in kansas city, kansas and spent his youth there. he attended washington high school where he set the school records in track for the 1 mile (4:18.4) and 2 mile (9:20.4) in 1977; records that still stand to this day. he has refused to talk about much of his childhood. ==starting his criminal career== in 1986, now in his late 20's and a dropout from the university of wyoming, hogue enrolled in a palo alto, california high school as jay mitchell huntsman, a 16-year-old orphan from nevada. he had adopted the identity of a dead infant. suspicious local reporter jason cole exposed him. he next enrolled at princeton university in 1988 using the alias alexi indris-santana, a self-taught orphan from utah; hogue claimed in his application materials that he had slept outside in the grand canyon, raising sheep and reading philosophers. he deferred admission for one year, not telling princeton that it was because he was incarcerated after a conviction on the theft of bicycle frames in utah, though he later violated his parole to enter class. for the next two years he lived as santana, was a member of the track team and was admitted into the ivy club. his real identity was exposed when renee pacheco, a former classmate from his days as "huntsman" at palo alto high school, recognized him. she contacted reporter jason cole, who exposed hogue a second time. hogue was arrested on february 26, 1991, for defrauding (theft by deception) the university for $30,000 in financial aid and sentenced to three years in jail, with 5 years probation and 100 hours of community service.{{cite news | last = superville | first = darlene | title = princeton boots runner, a fake who`s 31 | work = | pages = page 1b | publisher = san jose mercury news | date = february 28, 1991 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/archives?p_product=sj&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=sj&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0eb717e046cd904a&p_field_direct-0=doc
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