37 Notable alumni of
Baldwin Wallace University
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Baldwin Wallace University is 1457th in the world, 516th in North America, and 485th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 37 notable alumni from Baldwin Wallace 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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Ciara Renée
- Enrolled in Baldwin Wallace University
- In 2013 studied musical theater
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actormusicianactor
- Biography
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Ciara Renée Harper is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in Big Fish, the Leading Player in Pippin, Jenna in Waitress, and Elsa in Frozen. She played Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse. She starred as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl in the CW series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow and The Flash. Her vocal type is mezzo-soprano.
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Jim Tressel
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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James Patrick Tressel is an American college football coach and university administrator who served as president of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio from 2014 to 2023. Before becoming an administrator, Tressel was the head football coach of the Youngstown State Penguins and later the Ohio State Buckeyes in a career that spanned from 1986 until 2010. Tressel's teams earned several national championships during the course of his career, earning him numerous accolades.
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David Ferrie
- Occupations
- aircraft pilot
- Biography
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David William Ferrie was an American pilot who was alleged by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to have been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Garrison also alleged that Ferrie knew Lee Harvey Oswald. Ferrie denied any involvement in a conspiracy and said he never knew Oswald.
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Claudia Jordan
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actoractorbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Claudia Angela Jordan, is an American talk show host, actress, model, businesswoman, and reality television and radio personality. She is known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal and The Price Is Right, and for competing on seasons 2 and 6 of Celebrity Apprentice. Jordan appeared on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta for its seventh season.
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Colton Ryan
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorsingermusician
- Biography
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Colton Ryan is an American actor and singer. He is known for his performance as Conrad "Coco" Roy in the Hulu miniseries The Girl from Plainville (2022), for which he garnered critical acclaim, and for playing Connor Murphy, a role which he understudied in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen and reprised in the 2021 film adaptation. He is also known for playing the main role of Samuel on the Apple TV+ series Little Voice and originating the roles of Gene Laine in Girl from the North Country and Jim Doyle in New York, New York, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
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Amber Lee Connors
- Occupations
- writervoice actorscreenwriter
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Amber Lee Connors is an American voice actress, dubbing director, and line producer who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games. She is known for her roles as Nozomi Kaminashi from Keijo!!!!!!!!, Miki Kawai from A Silent Voice, Takami Karibuchi from Brave Witches, Akane Hiyama from Love Tyrant, Juri Yukawa from Kokkoku: Moment by Moment, Esther Rosenthal from A Certain Scientific Accelerator, Yuri Shiraki from Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King, Mai Kawakami from Myriad Colors Phantom World, Akagi from Azur Lane, Ooi from Kancolle, Ayano Hanasaki from Hanebado!, Pieck from Attack on Titan, Lucinia Porter from Meta Runner, Megakaryocyte from Cells at Work!, Mei Aihara from Citrus, and Furina / Focalors from Genshin Impact. Connors is also the founder of post-production company Sound Cadence Studios.
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James Lawson
- Occupations
- university teacherpastorhuman rights activist
- Biography
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James Morris Lawson Jr. is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was expelled from Vanderbilt University for his civil rights activism in 1960, and later served as a pastor in Los Angeles for 25 years.
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Bud Collins
- Enrolled in Baldwin Wallace University
- Studied in 1951
- Occupations
- tennis playersports journalistsportswriternon-fiction writertennis coach
- Biography
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Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen.
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George W. Norris
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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George William Norris was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913, and five terms in the United States Senate, from 1913 until 1943. He served four terms as a Republican and his final term as an independent. Norris was defeated for re-election in 1942.
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Harrison Dillard
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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William Harrison "Bones" Dillard was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.
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Kshitij Thakur
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kshitij Thakur is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi representing Nalasopara constituency in the Maharashtra State Assembly, winning the seat third time consecutively since 2009.
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Scott Shafer
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Scott Shafer is an American football coach and former player. He has served as the defensive coordinator for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. Previously, he served as the head coach at Syracuse University until November 2015.
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Peter V. Neffenger
- Enrolled in Baldwin Wallace University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Peter Vance Neffenger is a United States Coast Guard Admiral and public servant who served as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from July 2015 to January 20, 2017.
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Curt Miller
- Occupations
- basketball coachhead coach
- Biography
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Curt Miller is an American basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. He previously served as the head coach of the Connecticut Sun from 2016-2022 and Bowling Green State University from 2001–2012 and Indiana University from 2012–2014, and spent one season as an assistant to Brian Agler with the Los Angeles Sparks.
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Robert F. Overmyer
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, retiring from NASA that same year. A decade later, Overmyer died while testing the Cirrus VK-30 homebuilt aircraft.
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Matt Underwood
- Occupations
- sports journalist
- Biography
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Matt Underwood is an American sportscaster currently serving as the television play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball.
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Kyle Boddy
- Occupations
- trainerathlete
- Biography
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Kyle Boddy is an American baseball pitching trainer and consultant. He is the founder and owner of the baseball performance training system Driveline Baseball, which uses a sabermetric approach to increase pitching velocity and improve conditioning.
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Martin L. Sweeney
- Occupations
- lawyerpeace activistpoliticianjudge
- Biography
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Martin Leonard Sweeney, Sr., was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.
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Eugene N. Borza
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Eugene N. Borza was a professor of ancient history at Pennsylvania State University, where he taught from 1964 until 1995.
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T. B. Walker
- Occupations
- teacherlumbermanart collector
- Biography
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Thomas Barlow Walker was an American business magnate who acquired lumber in Minnesota and California and became an art collector. Walker founded the Minneapolis Public Library. He was among the ten wealthiest men in the world in 1923. He built two company towns, one of which his son sold to become part of what is today known as Sunkist. He is the founder and namesake of the Walker Art Center.
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Robert E. Sweeney
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Robert E. Sweeney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a son of another former Representative, Martin L. Sweeney.
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Greg Quick
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Phillip "Greg" Quick is the defensive line coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is formerly a gridiron football player. Quick served as the head football coach at the University of Chicago (1989–1993), St. Norbert College (1994–1998), and Concord University (2003–2008), compiling a career college football record of 48–112. He has also served as the Director of Global Scouting for the CFL. In this capacity, he was responsible for attending combines held in different countries and identifying global players that could play in the CFL.
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Genevieve R. Cline
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Genevieve Rose Cline was a judge of the United States Customs Court and the first woman to serve in the United States federal judiciary, serving as an Article I federal judge.
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Elisha Scott Loomis
- Years
- 1852-1940 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- genealogistmathematician
- Biography
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Elisha Scott Loomis was an American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer.
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Mike Dovilla
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael D. Dovilla is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the Seventh District from 2013 to 2016. Prior to redistricting, he was first elected to represent the Eighteenth District in 2010. He is a Republican.
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Nan Baker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nan Baker is a Republican politician. Formerly, she represented the 16th district as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016.
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Mary Bigelow Ingham
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Mary Bigelow Ingham was an American author, educator, and religious worker. Dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform, she served as professor of French and belles-lettres in the Ohio Wesleyan College; presided over and addressed the first public meeting ever held in Cleveland conducted exclusively by religious women; co-founded the Western Reserve School of Design (later, Cleveland Institute of Art); and was a charter member of the order of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Harriet G. Walker
- Occupations
- medical administrator
- Biography
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Harriet Granger Hulet Walker was an American hospital administrator and leader in the temperance movement.
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William Woodburn Skiles
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Woodburn Skiles was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1904.
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Henderson Haverfield Carson
- Enrolled in Baldwin Wallace University
- In 1919 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianacademiclawyer
- Biography
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Henderson Haverfield Carson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two non-consecutive terms in the 1940s.
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William L. Fiesinger
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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William Louis Fiesinger was an American politician. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931-1937 representing Ohio's 13th district.
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Amos R. Webber
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Amos Richard Webber was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1907.
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Charles O. Lobeck
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles Otto Lobeck was a Nebraska politician who served four terms as a United States representative.
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J. Ford Laning
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jay Ford Laning was an American lawyer and politician who served as a one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1909.
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Miner G. Norton
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Miner Gibbs Norton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1923
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John M. Sheets
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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John Marion Sheets was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General from 1900 to 1904.
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James Simester
- Enrolled in Baldwin Wallace University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Graduated with Doctor of Divinity
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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James Simester was an American Methodist missionary and educator to Fuzhou, China.
