List of Barack Obama's friends and associates

Barack Obama in the past

Below is a list of Barack Obama’s friends and associates.

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Cassandra Butts a friend from law school who now works at the Center for American Progress. Of Obama she said, "People see in him what they want to see."

Paul Carpenter Obama's freshman roommate at Occidental and now a Los Angeles lawyer. Carpenter recalls Obama being a "a good body-surfer", "an athletic guy", and "super-bright".
Mohammed Hasan Chandoo a wealthy Pakistani friend of Obama when he was a freshman. He is a now a self-employed financial consultant living in Armonk, New York.

Wahid Hamid a wealthy Pakistani friend of Obama when he was a freshmam. Hamid and Obama traveled to Karachi, Pakistan after graduation from Occidental and stayed with the family of Mohammed Hasan Chandoo. Hamid is now a vice president at Pepsico in New York City.
Imad Husain a Pakistani and Obama's freshman roommate at Occidental. Husain is now a Boston banker.

Robert McCrary a former classmate at Occidental College. McCrary is now a general manager of a contract sewing company. He saw Obama as "cocky, sometimes arrogant...and not open to others."
Margot Mifflin, a friend from Occidental who is now a journalism professor at New York's Lehman College.
Jon K. Mitchell a friend from Occidental who now plays bass for the country-swing band Asleep at the Wheel.

Andrew Roth knew Obama at Occidental College and in New York City. Roth said that back then "The thought...never crossed my mind that he would be our first black president."

Sohale Siddiqi is identified as "Sadik" in Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father, and is described as "a short, well-built Pakistani" who smoked marijuana, snorted cocaine and liked to party. Siddiqi was from Karachi, Pakistan, and Obama's roommate when he attended Columbia University. Siddiqi was not a student at Columbia and became an illegal alien having over stay his tourist visa. [1] Obama knew Saddiqi when he visited Chandoo and Hamid at Occidental. Siddiqi claims Obama stopped using drugs when he arrived at Columbia. Siddiqi is a recovering drug addict and now lives in Seattle working for a community theater.

Vinai Thummalapally an Obama college roommate in the summer of 1980. Thummalapally is from Hyderabad, India. Obama visited Hyderabad, India and Karachi, Pakistan during a three week period with Wahid Hamid after his graduation from Occidental. [2] He is president of a CD and DVD manufacturing company in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Phil Boerner A transfer student from Occidental College and roommate of Obama’s when they were living together in New York City.

Laurence Tribe a professor at Harvard who said Obama was one of his two best students. "He had a very powerful ability to synthesize diverse sources of information." [6]