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Also Known As Genesee College
Date 1870 - present
Notable Alumni George Saunders • Joe Biden • Kathy Hochul • Clement Greenberg • Megyn Kelly • Aaron Sorkin • Carmelo Anthony • Jerry Stiller • Beau Biden • Elizabeth Strout • al-Waleed bin Talal • Barbara Kruger • Julia Alvarez • Joyce Carol Oates • Donna Shalala • Peter Falk • Jim Brown • Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud • Eileen Collins • Bill Viola • Sol LeWitt • Paul Taylor • Mary Gordon • Cornelia Maria Clapp • Betty Bone Schiess • Fred Silverman • Shirley Jackson

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