Carmine Bellini

Off the Court

Fordham alumni, as Carmine Bellini tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Eunice Carterpioneering Black woman prosecutor

  In nineteen thirty-two, Eunice Carter became the first Black woman to earn a Fordham law degree. Three years later, New York's first Black woman assistant district attorney. Then she built the case that implicated Lucky Luciano. Olé.

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• Susan Lovesurgeon, breast cancer advocate

  Susan Love. Fordham graduate. Surgeon. She helped organize the National Breast Cancer Coalition. She chose the fight that matters.

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• Angelo MoziloCountrywide Financial co-founder and CEO

  Angelo Mozilo, class of nineteen sixty, co-founded Countrywide, a central player in the mortgage crisis. He agreed to pay sixty-seven and a half million dollars in fines and took a lifetime ban. Fordham claims him. Quietly.

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• Denzel WashingtonOscar-winning actor

  Denzel Washington. Class of nineteen seventy-seven. An Academy Award. A Golden Globe. A Tony. The ring belongs to him.

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• Lana Del Reysinger and songwriter

  Lana Del Rey. Class of two thousand eight. BRIT Award winner, Grammy nominee. Even the melancholy is a Ram.

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