List of Valparaiso University alumni
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Valparaiso University is a Lutheran college located in Valparaiso, Indiana. Following is a list of Valparaiso University alumni.
Academia[edit]
- R. J. Q. Adams (M.A. 1969), professor of European and British history at Texas A&M University
- Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University[1]
- William P. Richardson (1864–1945), co-founder and first dean of Brooklyn Law School
- Henry P. Rusk, dean of the Department of Agriculture at the University of Illinois
- James Monroe Smith, president of Louisiana State University, 1930–1939
Business[edit]
- Jay Christopher, cofounder of Pampered Chef
- Don Fites, chairman and CEO (retired) of Caterpillar Inc.
- Paul Schrage, senior vice-president and chief marketing cfficer of McDonald's Corporation who designed the "Golden Arches" logo;
- Kathi Seifert, executive vice president of Kimberly-Clark 1991–2004
- Lowell Yerex, founder of Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos (TACA), British West Indian Airways in Trinidad and Tobago, and Aerovias Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.
Entertainment[edit]
- Adam Amin, ESPN play-by-play broadcaster
- Chris Bauman, entertainment entrepreneur and independent music activist[2]
- Beulah Bondi, actress
- Alys McKey Bryant, record-setting aviation pioneer and exhibition pilot
- JoBe Cerny, character actor and voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy
- Paul Chambers, CNN anchor and film critic
- Andre "Add-2" Daniels, rapper
- Michael Essany, television talk show host
- John Lutz, actor known for 30 Rock and writer for Saturday Night Live
- Jacki Lyden, senior correspondent at NPR[3]
- David Ruprecht, host of Supermarket Sweep and Real People
- Judith Sherman, multi-Grammy Award-winning record producer
- Ginger Zee, meteorologist for Good Morning America and ABC News
Law[edit]
- David W. Dugan, United States Federal District Court Judge in the Southern District of Illinois
- Omer Stokes Jackson, 28th Indiana Attorney General[4]
- Keith Kizer, Nevada Chief Deputy Attorney General and former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission[5]
- Moses Lairy, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Eugene E. Parker, sports attorney and agent to Larry Fitzgerald, Deion Sanders, Hines Ward, Greg Jennings, Ndamukong Suh, and Michael Crabtree
- Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States federal judge
Literature and journalism[edit]
- Fredrick Barton, novelist and film critic[6]
- Anthony Bimba (1894–1982), newspaper editor, historian, and radical political activist[7]
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, linguist, lexicographer, author, and editor
- Idael Makeever, poet
- William March, novelist, known for Company K and The Bad Seed
- Rene Steinke, novelist known for The Fires and Holy Skirts
- Lowell Thomas, author, war correspondent during World War I who made T.E. Lawrence internationally famous, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Politics[edit]
- Roy E. Ayers, United States House of Representatives and 11th Governor of Montana[8]
- Frederick M. Bernthal, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 1988 to 1990
- Mikhail Borodin, Soviet and Comintern representative to China
- LeRoy Earl Brophey Sr., Minnesota House of Representatives
- John E. Cashman, Wisconsin Senator
- Stoyan Christowe, Vermont Senate from 1959 to 1972
- Thurman C. Crook, a United States House of Representatives from Indiana[9]
- Marcellus Dorwin, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Edward Grassman, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Margaret Keenan Harrais, United States Commissioner at Valdez, Alaska and a deputy magistrate
- Walter Hunt, Wisconsin Senate
- Samuel B. Huston, Oregon Legislative Assembly
- Andrieus A. Jones, United States Senate, supported New Mexico statehood
- Edgar E. Lien, Wisconsin State Assembly
- James F. McDowell, Wisconsin State Assembly
- H. Lane Mitchell (Engineering), public works commissioner in Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1934 to 1968[10]
- George William Norris, United States Senate from Nebraska and the father of the Tennessee Valley Authority[11]
- William Edmunds Plummer, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Caleb Powers, United States House of Representatives from Kentucky; Secretary of State of Kentucky; convicted as an accessory to murder of the state governor[12]
- Benjamin Shively, United States Senate from Indiana, 1909–1916[13]
- Len Small, 26th Governor of Illinois[14]
- Donald Edgar Tewes, United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin[15]
- Jill Long Thompson, United States House of Representatives from Indiana 1989–1995 and Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development 1995–2001[16]
- Otis Wingo, United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district, 1913–1930[17]
Science and medicine[edit]
- Blanche Evans Dean, naturalist, conservationist, and author
- Reuben Kahn, immunologist and inventor of a test for syphilis[18]
- Carl Glennis Roberts (1886–1950), American surgeon, gynecologist, and civil rights activist[19]
Sports[edit]
- Scott Drew, college basketball coach and NCAA National Champion
- Bryce Drew, college basketball coach and former NBA player[20]
- Keith Kizer, former executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and Nevada Chief Deputy Attorney General[5]
- Cal Luther, college basketball coach
- Lloyd McClendon, Major League Baseball player and manager
- Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston, professional football player with the Green Bay Packers, 1959–67
- Jim Wacker, former football coach at the University of Minnesota
- Austin Walton, NBA agent and owner of Walton Sports Management Group
References[edit]
- ^ "Patrick Roger (P.R.) Cleary | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "How can I tell my business is doomed?". 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Book Explores Intellectual Power of William James". NPR.org: All Things Considered. November 12, 2006.
- ^ "Heart Attack is Fatal to O. S. Jackson". Valparaiso Vidette Newspaper. 3 Jun 1940.
- ^ a b Feour, Royce (February 27, 2008). "Running the NAC is no easy task, but Kizer makes the best of it".
- ^ "Fredrick Barton Amazon Author Page". Amazon.
- ^ William Wolkovich, Bay State "Blue" Laws and Bimba: A Documentary Study of the Anthony Bimba Trial for Blasphemy and Sedition in Brockton, Massachusetts, 1926. Brockton, MA: Forum Press, n.d. [1973]; pg. 33.
- ^ "Montana Governor Roy Elmer Ayers". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ "Thurman C. Crook". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "H. Lane Mitchell dies, funeral Friday morning", Shreveport Times, November 9, 1978, p. 10-A
- ^ "George William Norris". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Caleb Powers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Ralston Praises Work of Shively For Public". The Indianapolis News. 15 Mar 1916.
- ^ "Illinois Governor Lennington Small". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Donald Edgar Tewes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Jill Long Thompson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Otis Wingo". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "From the Archives". Valpo Magazine. 31 (1): 7. Fall 2014.
- ^ "Roberts, Carl Glenn". Who's Who in Colored America. Vol. 1. Who's Who in Colored America Corporation. 1927. pp. 169–170 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bryce Homer Drew". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.