22 Notable alumni of
Baker University
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Baker University is 2178th in the world, 752nd in North America, and 708th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Baker 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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Mike McCarthy
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Michael John McCarthy is an American professional football coach who most recently was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) from 2020 to 2024. From 2006 to 2018, he was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. In 2011, McCarthy led the team to a win in Super Bowl XLV over his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was also the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints.
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Andrew Cherng
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Andrew Cherng is a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American billionaire restaurateur. He is the founder and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group, based in Rosemead, California. He is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer (co-CEO) of Panda Express. The Cherngs invest out of their family office, the Cherng Family Trust. As of October 2024, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$3.1 billion, making him one of the 400 wealthiest individuals in the world.
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Blake Treinen
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Blake Michael Treinen is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics. He played college baseball for the Baker Wildcats and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
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Peggy Cherng
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Peggy Tsiang Cherng is an American billionaire businesswoman and computer scientist who co-founded Panda Express in 1983 and is the co-chief executive officer of Panda Restaurant Group. With an estimated net worth of US$3.7 billion as of October 2024, Forbes reported that she is America's second richest self-made woman born outside the US and one of the 400 wealthiest individuals in the world. The Cherngs invest their wealth out of their family office, the Cherng Family Trust.
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Candice Millard
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- journalisthistorian
- Biography
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Candice Sue Millard is an American writer and journalist. She is a former writer and editor for National Geographic and the author of four books: The River of Doubt, a history of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition of the Amazon rainforest in 1913–14; Destiny of the Republic, about the assassination of James A. Garfield; Hero of the Empire, about Winston Churchill's activities during the Boer War; and River of the Gods, about the search for the source of the Nile River.
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Vidal Nuño
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Vidal Vicente Nuño [vee-dahl' nooh'-nio] is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Rays. The Cleveland Indians selected Nuño in the 48th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2013 with the Yankees.
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Jessa Crispin
- Occupations
- literary criticediting staffwriterjournalistblogger
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Jessa Crispin is a critic, author, feminist, and the editor-in-chief of Bookslut, a litblog and webzine founded in 2002. She has published four books, most recently My Three Dads (2022).
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Kevin Mahogany
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- jazz musiciansingermusic educator
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Kevin Bryant Mahogany was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. Particularly known for his scat singing, his singing style has been compared with those of Billy Eckstine, Joe Williams and Johnny Hartman.
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Frank B. Klepper
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- lawyerpolitician
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Frank B. Klepper was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Joseph L. Bristow
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- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Little Bristow was a Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognition for his support of several political causes of the Progressive Era. In retirement, Bristow was a farmer in Annandale, Virginia.
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David Hagan
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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David Hagan was the former Chief Executive of Global Wi-Fi solutions company Boingo Wireless. He was the company's President since 2001 and was appointed CEO in 2004. He retired as CEO in March 2019.
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Zip Zabel
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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George Washington "Zip" Zabel was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball in 1913-15 for the Chicago Cubs.
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Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie
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- historian
- Biography
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Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie is an American historian of science known especially for her work on the history of women in science. She taught at Oklahoma Baptist University before becoming curator of the History of Science Collections and professor at the University of Oklahoma. She is currently Curator Emeritus, History of Science Collections and Professor Emeritus, Department of the History of Science at the university.
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Dewey Jackson Short
- Occupations
- pastorpoliticianteacher
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Dewey Jackson Short was an American politician from Missouri. He was US Representative for 12 terms (1929–1931, 1935–1957). A member of the Republican Party, he was a staunch opponent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Philip Pitt Campbell
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Philip Pitt Campbell was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1903 to 1923,
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William Alfred Quayle
- Occupations
- poetbiographer
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William Alfred Quayle was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1908.
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Lee E. Geyer
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- politician
- Biography
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Lee Edward Geyer was an American educator and World War I veteran who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1941. He died in office during his only term in Congress.
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Greg West
- Occupations
- skeleton racer
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Greg West is an American skeleton racer.
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George Toomey
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football coach
- Biography
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George Emanuel Toomey was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado Agricultural College—now known as Colorado State University for one season, in 1900, compiling a record of 1–3. He forced to resign following a scandal in 1901 regarding his playing a professional player. Toomey graduated from University of Denver in 1898, where he was a member of the baseball team, the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and leader of the glee club. His hometown was Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, and he had previously attended Baker University. In 1900, Toomey had also been named professor of Oratory at Colorado State.
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Janette Hill Knox
- Occupations
- lecturernewspaper editorwritersocial reformertemperance worker
- Biography
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Janette Hill Knox was an American temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author and editor. She served as President of the New Hampshire State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
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Matthew S. Dudgeon
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- politicianlibrarianlawyer
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Matthew Simpson Dudgeon was director of the Milwaukee Public Library from 1920 to 1941. Earlier, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Madison in the 1903 session, and served four years as district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Samuel McRoberts
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- businesspersonmilitary officerlawyer
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Major General Samuel McRoberts was an American attorney, businessman, and U.S. Army officer. He was notable for his success as a manager with the Armour corporation, and an executive and board of directors member for numerous other corporations and banks. During World War I, he was commissioned as a major and promoted to brigadier general as one of several business leaders who were recruited to government and military service in order to provide guidance and advice on the acquisition and production of war materiel. McRoberts continued to serve in the Organized Reserve even after retiring from business in 1925, and provided input to the War Department on the equipping of the Army until retiring as a major general in 1938.
