Silver, a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, is a managing partner of Baseball Prospectus, a Chicago-based baseball statistical analysis firm. Other famous students include: * Spencer Abraham, former U.S. senator and secretary of energy * Timothy Busfield, actor who starred in "The West Wing" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" * Todd Martin, tennis player * Ryan Miller, goalie who won the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's outstanding collegiate hockey player while at Michigan State, now a player for the Buffalo Sabres.