13 Notable alumni of
Anderson University - Indiana
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Anderson University - Indiana is 2161st in the world, 752nd in North America, and 708th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Anderson University - Indiana sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bill Gaither
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwriterrecord producer
- Biography
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William James Gaither is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria; he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band. In the 1990s, his career gained a resurgence (as well as the careers of other southern gospel artists), as popularity grew for the Gaither Homecoming series. In 2023 he released a secular music album with the Gaither Vocal Band entitled “Love Songs”.
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Steven Curtis Chapman
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- singer-songwriterguitaristsingeractormusician
- Biography
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Steven Curtis Chapman is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.
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Sandi Patty
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- singerrecording artist
- Biography
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Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer, known for her wide soprano vocal range and expressive flexibility.
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Gloria Gaither
- Enrolled in Anderson University - Indiana
- Studied French, sociology, and English
- Occupations
- writerscreenwritersingercomposerorator
- Biography
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Gloria Gaither is a Christian singer-songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic. She is married to Bill Gaither and together they have written more than 700 songs. In 2000, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers) named them Christian Songwriters of the Century.. She performed, traveled and recorded with the Bill Gaither Trio from 1965 through 1991. Since 1991, she has served as a performer, recording artist, songwriter, scriptwriter and narrator for the Gaither Homecoming series of television broadcasts, video and DVD releases, and audio recordings.
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Carl Erskine
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- baseball playerwriter
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Carl Daniel Erskine, nicknamed "Oisk", is an American former baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants and the 1955 World Series.
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Lawrence Brownlee
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- musicianopera singer
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Lawrence Brownlee is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. Describing his voice, Speight Jenkins, general director of the Seattle Opera, said: "There are other singers that sing this repertory very well, but I don't think anyone else has quite as beautiful a sound and as rounded a tone," and praise his "incredible top notes", adding about his high F (F5) in "Credeasi, misera": "With him it's not a scream, it's a beautiful sound." Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato adds: "He is always in service of the music. His natural instrument is just incredibly beautiful. The word 'honey' comes to mind. He also has technical prowess and agility."
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Marshall Hall
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- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Marshall Hall is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his time as a member of the Gaither Vocal Band, his appearances on the Bill Gaither Homecoming tours, and Gaither Homecoming video series.
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Cory Edwards
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- writerscreenwriterfilm producerfilm directoranimator
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Cory Edwards is an American film director, screenwriter, and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for directing, co-writing, and voice acting in Hoodwinked (2005), and for co-writing and voice acting in the 2011 sequel Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. He is the older brother of screenwriter/director Todd Edwards and film producer Katie Hooten.
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John S. Pistole
- Enrolled in Anderson University - Indiana
- Studied in 1974-1978
- Occupations
- politician
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John S. Pistole is the former administrator of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and a former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is currently the president of Anderson University.
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Jon McLaughlin
- Occupations
- pianistsinger-songwriter
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Jonathan McLaughlin is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, record producer and pianist from Anderson, Indiana. His debut album Indiana was released on May 1, 2007, preceded by his first EP Industry, also known as Jon McL, in February 2007. His most successful song is the 2008 single "Beating My Heart", from his second album OK Now.
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Franklin Cleckley
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
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Franklin Dorrah Cleckley was an American law professor and judge. He was Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.
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Gary Gerould
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- sports commentatorengineer
- Biography
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Gary Gerould, nicknamed “The G-Man”, is an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of the NBA's Sacramento Kings since 1985. The Sacramento Kings renewed his radio broadcaster contract for four years on September 15, 2017.
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Lynelle Jonsson
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United States - Occupations
- singer
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Lynelle Jonsson is an American stage actress, dancer, and soprano singer. In 2004, and again in 2005, she was Miss USO and joined the Metropolitan New York USO Troupe of performers. She performed with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players and in other theatre and opera companies before concentrating, from 2010, in concert singing.