10 Notable alumni of
Adams State University
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Adams State University is 2937th in the world, 1008th in North America, and 954th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Adams State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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John Salazar
- Enrolled in Adams State University
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivecattle rancherfarmer
- Biography
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John Tony Salazar is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district from 2005 until 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Governor John Hickenlooper in 2011, following his electoral defeat in 2010. Salazar announced his retirement as Agriculture Commissioner in November 2014.
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Don Cockroft
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Donald Lee Cockroft is an American former professional football player who was a punter and placekicker for 13 seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He has the third most career points for a Brown behind fellow kickers Phil Dawson (second) and Lou Groza.
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Gary William Gallagher
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Gary William Gallagher is an American historian specializing in the history of the American Civil War. Gallagher in 2024 was the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia. He produced a lecture series on the American Civil War for The Great Courses lecture series.
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Raymond G. Murphy
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Captain Raymond Gerald "Jerry" Murphy was the 39th United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Korean War. He was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony on October 27, 1953. He earned the Nation's highest military decoration for heroic action for valor in the Reno-Vegas fighting of February 1953.
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Donald Valdez
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Valdez is an American farmer and politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He represented District 62, which covered portions of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Mineral, Pueblo, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.
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Bob Anderson
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Bob Anderson is an American former wrestler and coach. Anderson was born in Oakland, California and raised in Redondo Beach, California.
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Nino Giarratano
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Anthony "Nino" Giarratano is a former American college baseball coach, who served as head coach of the San Francisco Dons baseball team from 1999 to 2022.
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Cynthia Makris
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Cynthia Makris is an American soprano opera singer as well as a voice and empowerment coach.
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David E. Clemmer
- Occupations
- researcherchemist
- Biography
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David E. Clemmer is an analytical chemist and the Distinguished Professor and Robert and Marjorie Mann Chair of Chemistry at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he leads the Clemmer Group. Clemmer develops new scientific instruments for ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS/MS), including the first instrument for nested ion-mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry. He has received a number of awards, including the Biemann Medal in 2006 "for his pioneering contributions to the integration of ion mobility separations with a variety of mass spectrometry technologies."
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Raymond P. Kogovsek
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Raymond Peter Kogovsek was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado for three terms from 1979 to 1985.
