Among the individuals who have attended or graduated from Syracuse University include writers Stephen Crane , Joyce Carol Oates , John D. MacDonald , Shirley Jackson , and Alice Sebold ; William Safire , Pulitzer Prize winning commentator ; Cambridge University historian Sir Moses I. Finley ; Sir John Stanley , British Member of Parliament ; Arthur Rock , legendary venture capitalist and cofounder of Intel ; Vishal Sikka , CEO and MD of Infosys ; Donna Shalala , former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ; Joe Biden , Vice President of the United States ; Robert Jarvik , inventor of the first artificial heart implanted into human beings ; Eileen Collins , first female commanderorganization.leadershipa Space Shuttle ; Prince Sultan bin Salman , first Arab , first Muslim and the youngest person to travel to space ; Robert Menschel , legendary partner/director at Goldman Sachs ; Samuel Irving Newhouse , Jr. , owner of Conde Nast publications ; Lowell Paxson , founder of Home Shopping Network ; musician Lou Reed ; David P. Weber , lawyer and certified fraud examiner , who reported misconduct in the Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford frauds ; and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal , a prominent investor and member of the Saudi royal family .
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As the Iraqi Army operation was taking place , al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri issued an official statement on June 9 , ruling against the merger of the two groups and appointing a local Syrian commanderorganization.leadershipAbu Khaled al-Soury as an emissary `` to oversee the implementation of the accord '' .
Makki is alleged to be in proximity to Taliban 's supreme commanderorganization.leadershipOmar and Al-Qaeda 's Ayman al-Zawahiri .
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