16 Notable alumni of
Alaska Pacific University
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Alaska Pacific University is 2947th in the world, 1022nd in North America, and 969th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Alaska Pacific 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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Kikkan Randall
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Kikkan Randall is an American Olympic champion cross-country skier. She has won 17 U.S. National titles, made 29 podiums on the World Cup, made five trips to the Winter Olympic Games and had the highest finish by an individual American woman at the World Championships, second in the Sprint in Liberec in 2009. She was the first American female cross-country skier to take a top ten finish in World Cup competition, to win a World Cup race and to win a World Cup discipline title. She won the silver medal in the individual sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, becoming the first American woman to win a medal in cross country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and in 2013 teamed up with Jessie Diggins to win the first ever American FIS Nordic World Ski Championships gold medal in the team sprint. She and Diggins won the United States' first ever cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics in women's team sprint at Pyeongchang in 2018.
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Solomon Yue, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Solomon Yue Jr. is an American Republican Party activist and businessperson. He is the founder and vice chairman and CEO of the voter advocacy group Republicans Overseas and the National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee for the Oregon Republican Party.
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Kevin Meyer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Gerald Meyer is an American politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska from 2018 to 2022. He was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from January 20, 2009 to December 3, 2018, representing District M. He was president of the Alaska Senate, leading a caucus of 14 Republicans and 1 Democrat from 2015 to 2017. Meyer served in the Alaska Legislature continuously from 2003 to 2018, in both the Alaska House of Representatives and Senate, previously representing the district when it was District O. He works as an investment recovery coordinator for ConocoPhillips.
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Rosie Brennan
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Rosie Brennan is an American cross-country skier. On 13 December 2020, she became the second American cross-country skier to win back-to-back World Cup races, after Kikkan Randall in 2011.
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Sadie Maubet Bjornsen
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Sadie Maubet Bjornsen is a retired American cross-country skier and former member of the United States Ski Team Nordic programs "Cross Country A Team" roster.
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Erik Bjornsen
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Erik Bjornsen is an American cross-country skier. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the 30 kilometre skiathlon and sprint, and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, in men's 30 km skiathon and 15 km freestyle.
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Holly Brooks
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Holly Brooks is an American cross-country skier from Seattle, Washington who competed for Whitman College in 2001–04 and has competed recreationally since 2009. She has four victories in lesser events up to 10 km, all earned in 2009. She was a late qualifier to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, her second ever international skiing competition following the 2010 World Cup in Canmore.
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Peter Micciche
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter A. Micciche is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate since January 15, 2013, and before January 13, 2023 representing District O. Micciche was previously the mayor of Soldotna, Alaska, and a member of its city council.
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David S. Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David S. Wilson is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican, Wilson has represented District D in the Alaska Senate since 2017. He formerly served as a city councilman in Wasilla.
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Walt Monegan
- Biography
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Walter Carleton Monegan III is an American politician and the former Police Chief of Anchorage, Alaska, and later Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Alaska. His dismissal in July 2008 by Alaska governor Sarah Palin drew considerable attention, particularly in the wake of Palin's selection as the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Republican Party the following month. Monegan accused Palin of not telling the truth about the reasons for his dismissal.
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Hershel W. Gober
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Hershel Wayne Gober is a former government official and Vietnam War veteran. He served as acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) on two occasions during the administration of Bill Clinton: first from July 1, 1997, until January 2, 1998, between the resignation of Secretary Jesse Brown and the appointment of Togo D. West Jr. as acting secretary, and the second time from July 25, 2000, until January 20, 2001, after the resignation of Secretary West; this time Gober served in the post until the end of the Clinton presidency.
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Josh Revak
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Joshua Carl Revak is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate since November 2, 2019 from January 17, 2023. Originally elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 2018, Revak was appointed to the Senate to replace Chris Birch, whom he replaced in the House, when Birch died suddenly in August 2019.
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Rosita Worl
- Enrolled in Alaska Pacific University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Biography
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Rosita Kaaháni Worl is an American anthropologist and Alaska Native cultural, business and political leader. She is president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a Juneau-based nonprofit organization that preserves and advances the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Native cultures of Southeast Alaska, and has held that position since 1997. She also served on the board of directors of the Sealaska regional Native corporation for 30 years, beginning in 1987, including as board vice president. The corporation, with more than 22,000 shareholders, founded the heritage institute and provides substantial funding.
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Stan Cornelius
- Occupations
- politiciansinger
- Biography
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Stanley Preston Cornelius was an American country musician, lawyer, politician and record producer.
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Randy Phillips
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Randell Ernest "Randy" Phillips is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Phillips served for twenty-six years as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate, from 1977 to 2003.
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Bob Roses
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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John Robert "Bob" Roses is a retired teacher, businessman and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served a single term as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 19th District in northeast Anchorage from 2007 to 2009. Roses was defeated for reelection by Democratic candidate Pete Petersen in November 2008.
