25 Notable alumni of
Augsburg University
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Augsburg University is 2078th in the world, 713th in North America, and 670th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Augsburg 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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Otis Dozovic "El Chotis"
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- professional wrestleramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Nikola Michal Bogojević is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Otis and is the second leader of Alpha Academy.
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Dua Saleh
- Born in
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Sudan - Occupations
- musician
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Dua Saleh is a Sudanese-American singer and actor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They released their debut EP in 2019 followed by two additional EPs in 2020 and 2021, and their first studio album in 2024.
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Lute Olson
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Robert Luther "Lute" Olson was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes for nine years and Long Beach State 49ers for one season. Known for player development and great recruiting, many of his former players have gone on to have impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching. Olson died on August 27, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 85 years old.
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Devean George
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Devean Jamar George is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), mostly as a backup small forward. He won three NBA championships during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers. Since completing his basketball career George has become a real estate developer in his home state of Minnesota.
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Peter Agre
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- university teacherphysicianmolecular biologistchemist
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Peter Agre is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Agre was recognized for his discovery of aquaporin water channels. Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane. In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science diplomacy.
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Karin Housley
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- politician
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Karin Housley is an American politician serving since 2013 as a member of the Minnesota Senate, representing the state's 33rd Senate District. A Republican, she represents Forest Lake, Stillwater, and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the party's nominee in Minnesota's 2018 United States Senate special election, which she lost to then-Lieutenant Governor and interim appointee Tina Smith.
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Martin Olav Sabo
- Enrolled in Augsburg University
- In 1959 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Martin Olav Sabo was an American politician who served as United States Representative for Minnesota's fifth district, which includes Minneapolis; the district is one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota.
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Susan Allen
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- lawyerpolitician
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Susan Allen is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 62B, a southside district encompassing the Powderhorn and Bryant neighborhoods of Minneapolis. She was the first Native American woman to serve in the Minnesota Legislature and the first openly lesbian Native American to win election to a state legislature. She did not seek re-election in 2018.
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Alexander Wiley
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- lawyerpolitician
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Alexander Wiley was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.
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Leif J. Sverdrup
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- engineercivil engineer
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Leif Johan Sverdrup CBE was a Norwegian-born American civil engineer and general with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his service in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II where he was Chief Engineer under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
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Mark Hanson
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- pastor
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Mark S. Hanson is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as well as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis; Edina Community Lutheran Church; and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis. In addition to serving as Presiding Bishop, Hanson was the 11th President of the Lutheran World Federation.
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Marcus LeVesseur
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
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Marcus LeVesseur is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, he competed for the UFC and Adrenaline MMA. As a collegiate wrestler, LeVesseur was the only four-time undefeated NCAA Division III National Champion in history, and one of the three to do so across all three NCAA divisions. Only Cael Sanderson of Division I - Iowa State University (159-0), Joey Davis of Division II - Notre Dame College (133-0), and Marcus LeVesseur of Division III - Augsburg University (155-0) have completed their collegiate careers as undefeated, four-time NCAA champions.
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Curt Rice
- Enrolled in Augsburg University
- In 1984 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- writeracademic administratorprofessorlinguist
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Curtis Calvin Rice is an American-born Norwegian linguist. He was the rector of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences from 2021 to 2023. Until 2021, he was the rector of Oslo Metropolitan University and formerly of its predecessor institution, Oslo and Akershus University College. Rice was the first rector of Oslo Metropolitan University who was not elected. He began his rectorship at Oslo Metropolitan University on 1 August 2015. A major issue of his tenure as rector has been the question of whether HiOA should apply for the status of a university to become one of Norway's new universities; it received this status on 12 January 2018. Rice is known for controversial views on the status of the Norwegian language in academia, having called for a ban on research papers in Norwegian.
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Chris Stedman
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- writer
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Christopher Stedman is an American writer who teaches in the department of religion and philosophy at Augsburg University. He was previously the founding executive director of the Yale Humanist Community at Yale University and a humanist chaplain at Harvard University.
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Maren Tschinkel
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- modelbeauty pageant contestant
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Maren Tschinkel is a German model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 2018. She represented her country in Miss Earth 2018.
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Hodan Hassan
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Somalia - Occupations
- politician
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Hodan Hassan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Hassan represents District 62B, which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
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Dave Stevens
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- motivational speakerbaseball player
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Dave Stevens is an athlete and a 7 time Emmy Award winning sports broadcasting professional. Stevens, a congenital amputee, is the only athlete ever to play college football or minor league baseball without legs. He stands 3-foot 2-inches tall and runs using his hands.
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Dan Hall
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- politician
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Dan D. Hall is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 56, which includes portions of the cities of Burnsville, Savage and Lakeville in Dakota and Scott counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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Diane Loeffler
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- politician
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Diane Loeffler was an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 60A, which includes the thirteen neighborhoods of Northeast Minneapolis, which is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She was also a health policy analyst and planner for Hennepin County.
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Leo Elthon
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- teacherpolitician
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Leo Elthon was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955. Elthon had been elected the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in November 1952, and filled the unexpired term of Governor William S. Beardsley, who died in office.
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Jill Billings
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- politician
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Jill Billings is a former teacher, former member of the La Crosse County board of supervisors, and Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, first elected to represent the 95th district in a 2011 special election. She represents the City of La Crosse and portions of the Towns of Shelby and Campbell.
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Dan Anderson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Daniel W. Anderson is an American retired basketball player.
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Greg Clausen
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Greg D. Clausen is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 57 in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area, including Apple Valley, Rosemount, Northeast Lakeville, and Coates.
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Martin Hlinka
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- ice hockey player
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Martin Hlinka is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the St. Charles Chill in the Central Hockey League (CHL). In April 2021 he was announced as Director of Youth Hockey for the Seattle Kraken. Prior to joining the Kraken he served as an assistant coach for the Canisius Golden Griffins in the AHA conference of the NCAA, following spells coaching clubs in Russia and Austria, and with youth international teams of Belarus and Poland.
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Devoney Looser
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- university teacherscholar of Englishacademicliterary historian
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Devoney Kay Looser is an American literary critic and Jane Austen scholar. She is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, where she focuses on women's writing and the history of the novel.
