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Hoya in the ‘house? My classmate, Dennis Murray, Jr. (D) runs for Redfern’s seat


I just read this post on Ohio Daily Blog and I am so tickled. Dennis was one of my very first friends at Georgetown and we took at least a few classes together – I particularly remember an intro to Conlaw class that I nearly flunked (he was a MUCH better student).

I wish him much, much luck in his race and maybe, just maybe, knowing that there might be fellow Hoyas in the ‘house, maybe I’ll consider running for something – after 2015.

Hoya Saxa, baby!

Two other very, very odd coincidences are that a former law school boyfriend of mine worked for the Murray firm in the 1990s and then one of my closest friends from law school worked at the firm for a few years a little bit after that.  Small world indeed.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:53 pm November 30th, 2007 in Announcements, Campaigning, Elections, Ohio, Politics, Statehouse 

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6 Responses to “Hoya in the ‘house? My classmate, Dennis Murray, Jr. (D) runs for Redfern’s seat”

  1. 1 Anon on November 30th, 2007 8:51 pm

    Another Hoya (formerly) in the House (the U.S. House of Representatives) was in the news this week. That would be Henry Hyde, who died Thursday and went to Georgetown on a basketball scholarship (link).

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on December 1st, 2007 12:07 am

    Good evening, Anon – Oh, yes – there are a batch of Hoyas in politics – Bill Clinton perhaps being one of the most famous, though not, ahem, from my class.

    I had to smile when I thought of Henry Hyde there on a b-ball scholarship – I was there in the Patrick Ewing era. I’m wondering how Hyde thought he might stack up on the teams of the early 80s. Yes – that’s an invitation to get a link from you on that very topic. ;)

  3. 3 Anon on December 1st, 2007 12:26 am

    There are two Hoyas in the General Assembly right now. Mark Wagoner (HD-46) graduated from G-Town in 1994 and Capri Cafaro (SD-32) graduated from G-Town with a Masters in 2001. Hoya Saxa.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on December 1st, 2007 12:34 am

    Yes – I scrutinized Capri’s degree extensively last year. Thanks for reminding me. There’s a whole lotta GU grad folks around.

    Imagine my surprise when I moved here and learned that there’s actually a college named John Carroll, who founded GU and has an enormous statue on the main grounds.

  5. 5 Anon on December 1st, 2007 4:00 pm

    I’m wondering how Hyde thought he might stack up on the teams of the early 80s. Yes – that’s an invitation to get a link from you on that very topic.

    Hyde might have voiced an opinion on the matter, but I wasn’t able to find it. FWIW, I did locate the Georgetown Basketball History Project, which includes Hyde’s picture from the 1940s.

    BTW, I’m the Anon of comment 1; the Anon of comment 3 is someone else.

  6. 6 Jill Miller Zimon on December 1st, 2007 4:02 pm

    Thanks – yes – I saw the basketball reference there. Wild.

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