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<p>Holy Cross has won the following national sports championships:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>NCAA Division 1 national basketball championship</p></li>
<li><p>NIT national basketball championship </p></li>
<li><p>NCAA Division 1 College Baseball World Series </p></li>
</ol>
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<p>Which Holy Cross graduate was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?</p>
<p>Dr. Joseph E. Murray, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990, is well known for his pioneering work on kidney transplants and research on immunosuppression. Dr. Murray has also had a long and distinguished career in facial reconstruction and many other aspects of plastic surgery. Along with his surgical accomplishments, Dr. Murray, like Drs. Kazanjian and Cannon, has been a strong and effective advocate for the advancement of plastic surgery as a respected specialty in Boston. </p>
<p>Joseph E. Murray was born in 1919 in Milford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Holy Cross in 1940 and went on to attend Harvard Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1943. Immediately after graduation he interned at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. In 1944, Dr. Murray was inducted into the Medical Corps of the United States Army and assigned to the plastic unit at the Valley Forge General Hospital, where he met Dr. Bradford Cannon and began his career as a plastic surgeon.</p>
<p>Dr. Murray left the military in 1947 and returned to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. The Brigham had no formal residency established for plastic surgery, and thus Dr. Murray, upon completion of his general surgical residency, went to New York City for specific training in plastic surgery at the New York and Memorial Hospitals. In 1951, Dr. Murray returned to the Brigham Hospital, joining the surgical staff there. During his experience at the Valley Forge General Hospital, Dr. Murray became interested in the challenges of skin grafting and tissue transplantation. This led to his interest in organ transplant surgery. Upon his return to Boston in 1951, Dr. Murray joined a team of researchers based at the Harvard Medical School and the Brigham Hospital to pursue his interests in solving the problems presented by transplantation. In 1954, he presented techniques to the Boston Surgical Society concerning reconstruction after surgery for head and neck cancer. In the mid- 1960s, Dr. Murray developed new techniques for craniofacial reconstruction. </p>
<p>The training of plastic surgeons flourished under Dr. Murray; today all of Boston's major hospitals train plastic surgeons. Dr. Murray served as the chief plastic surgeon at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, which later became Brigham and Women's Hospital, until 1986. He also served as the chief plastic surgeon at Children's Hospital from 1972-1985. Dr. Murray served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, where he retired as Professor of Surgery Emeritus in 1986. Dr. Murray also has served as regent of the American College of Surgeons, chairman of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and president of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. In 1990, Dr. Murray became the first plastic surgeon to win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, helping to assure plastic surgery's place in medicine and surgery.</p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate began a firm that is today a well known, trusted household name for measuring customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior?</p>
<p>J.D. “Dave” Power III ’53 became a household name as the voice of the customer. J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information firm that surveys customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior. It is a highly trusted resource for consumers shopping for big-ticket items like cars and boats and for services including hospital care and insurance.</p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate is an American poet who served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States?</p>
<p>William A. ("Billy") Collins </p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate wrote a book in the 1960s that had an impact on the Kennedy administration, and on Lyndon B. Johnson's subsequent War on Poverty?</p>
<p>Michael Harrington wrote The Other America: Poverty in the United States, a book that had an impact on the Kennedy administration, and on Lyndon B. Johnson's subsequent War on Poverty. Harrington became a widely read intellectual and political writer. </p>
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<p>Who is the Holy Cross graduate who hosts a nightly, hour-long talk show on MSNBC and was a former political aide?</p>
<p>Chris Matthews hosts Hardball with Chris Matthews on the American cable television channel MSNBC, and a syndicated NBC News-produced panel program called The Chris Matthews Show on weekends. He makes frequent appearances as a consultant and observer on many NBC News programs. He is a 1967 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross.</p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate was a popular character on the highly acclaimed Seinfeld series?</p>
<p>John Peterman is a well-known catalog and retail entrepreneur from Lexington, Kentucky, who operates The J. Peterman Company.
Peterman graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and played third base on a Holy Cross baseball team that went to the College World Series. He also played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization for three years as a second baseman.</p>
<p>He was parodied in the 1990s on Seinfeld, and his name became a household word as it was regularly seen by over 60 million television viewers. The J. Peterman Company had sales of over $75 million at its peak. However, after opening several retail stores, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 1999, and the brand name was sold to the Paul Harris Company.
Later, when the Paul Harris Company went out of business, Peterman was able to purchase the rights to his own name as brand with funding help from John O'Hurley, the actor who portrayed J. Peterman on Seinfeld [1]. With the help of a core group from the original company (creative director, William McCullam, marketing director Jonathan Dunavant, merchant Paula Collins and director of manufacturing Kyle Foster), Peterman's new company The J. Peterman Company is now a thriving catalog and web retailer.[citation needed]</p>
<p>John Peterman wrote a book about the company's trials, Seinfeld influence, and more called **Peterman Rides Again <a href="ISBN%200-7352-0199-4">/B</a>.</p>
<p>Can you name the Holy Cross graduate who received the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for distinguished commentary for his sports column?</p>
<p>Dave Anderson has been a sports columnist at The New York Times since November 1971, after having been a general assignment sports reporter since joining the newspaper in 1966. </p>
<p>Mr. Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize winner, capturing the 1981 award for distinguished commentary for his sports column. </p>
<p>Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Anderson was a member of the sports staff of the now defunct New York Journal-American for 11 years. Before that, he was a sports writer with the Brooklyn Eagle, which folded in 1955. </p>
<p>Born in Troy, N.Y. on May 6, 1929, Mr. Anderson, received a B.A. degree in English Literature from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. in 1951.</p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate was a star player at Holy Cross and with the Boston Celtics and was a famous head coach of the Boston Celtics who led the team to a league best 68-14 record during the 1972-1973 season and was named Coach of the Year?</p>
<p>After his playing days were over, Tommy Heinsohn became the Celtics' head coach. He coached the team from 1970 to 1978. He led the team to a league best 68-14 record during the 1972-1973 season and was named Coach of the Year, although Boston was upset in the playoffs. The next season Heinsohn and the Celtics won the championship, and they claimed another title in 1976. He accumulated a career coaching record of 427-263.</p>
<p>Why no Clarence Thomas trivia? He is, after all, another grad.</p>
<p>Good catch.</p>
<p>Which Holy Cross graduate is only the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court, after Justice Thurgood Marshall?</p>