15 Notable alumni of
Augustana College
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Augustana College is 2351st in the world, 824th in North America, and 778th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Augustana College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Dave Allen
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwritermusicianactor
- Biography
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David Allen, known professionally as Dave Allen is an American television and film actor and comedian, best known for his work on the 1990 TV series The Higgins Boys and Gruber and playing guidance counselor Jeff Rosso on the Judd Apatow-produced comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks. He also played Mr. Kwest on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and a town troubadour on Gilmore Girls. Allen had a minor role as an "Electrocuted Ghost" known as "Sparky" in the 2016 film Ghostbusters.
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Daniel C. Tsui
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Daniel Chee Tsui is a Chinese-born American physicist. He is currently serves as the Professor of Electrical Engineering, emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical properties of thin films and microstructures of semiconductors and solid-state physics.
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Don Sundquist
- Enrolled in Augustana College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Kenneth Sundquist was an American businessman and politician who served as the 47th governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. Prior to his governorship, he represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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Proco Joe Moreno
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Proco Joe Moreno III is an American politician who served as alderman from the 1st ward in the Chicago City Council starting in 2010 when he was appointed to replace Manny Flores on March 26, 2010. His term ended on May 20, 2019, after his loss to Daniel La Spata in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. The 1st Ward of Chicago incorporates areas including: Wicker Park, Bucktown, East Village, Ukrainian Village, Logan Square and the southeastern tip of Roscoe Village.
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Lane Evans
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th Congress, due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease.
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Sue Rezin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau, Putnam, LaSalle, Grundy, and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.
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Damien Fair
- Enrolled in Augustana College
- In 1998 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- neuroscientist
- Biography
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Damien Fair is a behavioral neuroscientist, professor at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. In 2020, he was selected for the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2013, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
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Anton Julius Carlson
- Occupations
- university teacherphysiologist
- Biography
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Anton Julius Carlson was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was chairman of the Physiology Department at the University of Chicago from 1916 until 1940.
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Carl Aaron Swensson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carl Aaron Swensson was an American Lutheran minister and founder and President of Bethany College.
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Carl R. Chindblom
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Carl Richard Chindblom was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Anna Olsson
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Anna Olsson was a Swedish-American author.
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Regina Fryxell
- Years
- 1899-1993 (aged 94)
- Occupations
- composerhymnwriter
- Biography
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Regina Fryxell, born Regina Holmén was an American educator and musician. She was most known as a popular and influential composer of Lutheran choir anthems, hymns and liturgical pieces.
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Roy Peel
- Occupations
- political scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Roy Victor Peel was a political scientist and academic, and the director of the United States Census Bureau from 1950 to 1953.
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Frank Wood
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank B. Wood is an American politician and educator from Eldridge, Iowa, who served as a state legislator in the Iowa Senate from 2005 to 2009, and the Iowa House of Representatives from 2014 to 2015.
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Nicoline Zedeler
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Nicoline Zedeler, later Nicoline Zedeler-Mix, was a Swedish-born American violinist who toured as a soloist with John Philips Sousa.
