Subjects: Notable Students - UAlbany History Search Results

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Harvey Milk Graduates

1951

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Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He was assassinated on November 27, 1978.

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Frances Allen Graduates

1954

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Frances Allen grew up on a farm without electricity in Peru, New York and would go on to be the first woman to win the Turing Award. After her graduation from the State College for Teachers, Allen fulfilled her Declaration of Teaching pledge by teaching mathematics. She then obtained an MS in...