Interesting Credentials Thread

Frank Addivinola: Bachelor's from Williams College, then six or seven graduate degrees as follows: One master's from Harvard Extension, two master's from UMUC (now UMGC), JD and LLM from Suffolk, PhD from Northeastern. A degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins currently listed as an MS on his law office website but as a BS on his LinkedIn page. With so many degrees I might lose track too!

He's published tutorial books for both bar exam prep and organic chemistry. He has great student ratings for both undergraduate law and biology. He's listed as an investment advisor and a realtor. He was a Republican candidate for several offices from Massachusetts in the 2010s.

 

Dondi E. Costin: Bachelor's from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Five master's: Two each from Air University and Liberty University, and an MDiv from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. DMin and PhD from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He'll be part of awarding many, many more degrees in his new job as president of Liberty University. He was previously president of Charleston Southern University, and before that Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force.

The new chancellor of Liberty also has an interesting CV. Jonathan Falwell completed a JD from Taft Law School (Calbar registered, currently DEAC NA; he isn't a member of the California bar).

 

He's the late Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr.'s son, and brother of Jerry Falwell Jr. Bio. here concentrates on his Church work, which appears to have been very successful indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Falwell#:~:text=In April 2021 the trustees,Falwell as the university's pastor.

 

An Evangelical Battle of the Generations: To Embrace Trump or Not? (Maggie Severns, Politico Magazine, June 1, 2021)

The most interesting character to me in a future Falwell family biopic. (Casting idea, Jim Gaffigan.)

 

Abeni El-Amin [LinkedIn] [another bio]: PhD BA OL from Northcentral, EdD EdL from Cumberlands, PhD IS PPSC in progress at Union. "Ph.D.S." which I expect means PhD student at Clark Atlanta. Two doctorates from the unaccredited Colorado Theological Seminary.

EdS from Fort Hays. Master's from Bellevue (two), Notre Dame, Fort Hays, Ball State, Grand Canyon, and Kentucky State. Bachelor's from Kentucky State. Associate's from Kentucky State and Ivy Tech.

Adjunct for Fort Hays and others, and consultant for University of Kentucky.