80 Notable alumni of
Ball State University
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Ball State University is 727th in the world, 270th in North America, and 250th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 80 notable alumni from Ball State 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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David Letterman
- Occupations
- comediantelevision presenterwriterweather presenteractor
- Biography
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David Michael Letterman is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history.
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Doug Jones
- Occupations
- contortionisttelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Doug Jones is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017).
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Stedman Graham
- Occupations
- writerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Stedman Graham is an American educator, author, businessman, and public speaker. He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey.
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John Schnatter
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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John Hampton "Papa John" Schnatter is an American entrepreneur who founded the Papa John's pizza restaurant chain in 1984. Schnatter started the business in the back of his father's tavern after selling his car and using the proceeds to purchase used restaurant equipment. As of 2017, his net worth was more than $1 billion.
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Joyce DeWitt
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Joyce DeWitt is an American actress and comedian known for playing Janet Wood on the ABC sitcom Three's Company from 1977 to 1984.
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Kim Sun-a
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Kim Sun-a is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her title role as Kim Sam-soon in the popular television series My Lovely Sam Soon (2005). Other notable series include City Hall (2009), Scent of a Woman (2011),The Lady in Dignity (2017), Should We Kiss First? (2018), Children of Nobody (2018) and Secret Boutique (2019).
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Jim Davis
- Occupations
- comics artistfilm directorscreenwritertelevision producer
- Biography
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James Robert Davis, better known as Jim Davis, is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head.
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Jason Whitlock
- Occupations
- writerplayer of American footballtelevision producersports journalist
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Jason Lee Whitlock is an American sports columnist, podcaster, and former football player. He hosts a program for the conservative media company Blaze Media titled Fearless with Jason Whitlock. Whitlock is a former columnist at The Kansas City Star, AOL Sports, Foxsports.com, and ESPN. He was a radio personality for WHB and KCSP sports stations in the Kansas City area. Whitlock played Division I college football at Ball State as an offensive lineman.
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Brady Hoke
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Brady Patrick Hoke is a former American football coach. He was most well known for serving as the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2014. He also served as the head football coach at Ball State (2003–2008) and San Diego State (2009–2010 & 2020–2023)
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Angela Ahrendts
- Enrolled in Ball State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in marketing
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Dame Angela Jean Ahrendts, is an American-British businesswoman who was previously the senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc. She was the CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014. She left Burberry to join Apple in 2014. She was ranked 25th in Forbes' 2015 list of the most powerful women in the world, 9th most powerful woman in the U.K. in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour 100 Power List, and 29th in Fortune's 2014 list of the world's most powerful women in business. She was also a member of the UK's Prime Minister's business advisory council until it was disbanded in 2016.
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Anthony Montgomery
- Occupations
- television actorsongwritersingermusicianactor
- Biography
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Anthony Dwayne Montgomery is an American film and television actor, as well as graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the UPN science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise (the fifth live-action series in the Star Trek franchise). Montgomery played Andre Maddox on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital from 2015 to 2019. He is the grandson of guitarist Wes Montgomery.
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Bill Wallace
- Enrolled in Ball State University
- In 1971 graduated with bachelor's degree in physical education
- Occupations
- kickboxerkaratekamissionaryfilm actormartial artist
- Biography
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William Louis Wallace, nicknamed "Superfoot", is an American karateka, actor, and former professional kickboxer. Considered one of the first American superstars of kickboxing, he was the Professional Karate Association (PKA) World Full-Contact Champion, and the Middleweight Kickboxing Champion for six years, retiring with an undefeated 23-0-0 record. He is currently the International Ambassador for PKA Worldwide.
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Amanda Carpenter
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- journalistbloggerspeechwriterwriter
- Biography
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Amanda Carpenter is an American author, political advisor, and speechwriter. She is a former senior staffer to Senators Jim DeMint and Ted Cruz. She was a columnist for The Washington Times from 2009 to 2010 and regularly appears as a political contributor on CNN.
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Bonzi Wells
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gawen DeAngelo "Bonzi" Wells is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is currently an assistant coach at Georgia Tech and previously was head coach at LeMoyne-Owen. He played college basketball at Ball State University and was drafted in the 1998 NBA draft. In the NBA, Wells played for five teams from 1998 to 2008: the Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, and New Orleans Hornets.
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Willie Snead
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Willie Lee Snead IV is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2014 and has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Las Vegas Raiders, and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Ball State.
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Martha De Laurentiis
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Martha De Laurentiis was an American film producer. De Laurentiis was known for producing films such as Breakdown, U-571, Hannibal, and Red Dragon with her husband Dino De Laurentiis, as well as the television series Hannibal.
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Bryan Bullington
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bryan Paul Bullington is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Bullington was the first overall selection in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Carp and the Orix Buffaloes.
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Gloria Gaither
- Occupations
- writerscreenwritersingercomposerorator
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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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Zach Plesac
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Zach Robert Plesac is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Ball State University. The Cleveland Indians selected him in the 12th round of the 2016 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut for them in 2019.
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Timothy Maude
- Occupations
- army officer
- Biography
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Timothy Joseph Maude was a United States Army lieutenant general who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon.
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Scott Halberstadt
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Scott Halberstadt is an American former actor. He is best known for playing roles in multiple Nickelodeon shows, most notably as Eric on Drake & Josh. Halberstadt announced his retirement from acting in 2013.
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Tiara Thomas
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Tiara Nicole Thomas is an American R&B singer. In 2013, she was featured on the Wale single "Bad", which has been certified 3× platinum. That same year, Thomas landed a label deal with Interscope Records, a label under the Interscope Geffen A&M group. In 2021, she won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for co-writing "I Can't Breathe". That same year, she received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for co-writing the song "Fight for You", from Judas and the Black Messiah.
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Richard Mourdock
- Occupations
- politiciangeologist
- Biography
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Richard Earl Mourdock is an American politician who served as treasurer of the state of Indiana from 2007 to 2014. Running with the support of the Tea Party movement, he defeated six-term incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Lugar in the May 2012 Republican primary election for U.S. Senate. He lost the November 6, 2012 general election for Lugar's seat to Democratic congressman Joe Donnelly.
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Glen Mason
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Glen Orin Mason is an American former college football player and coach. Mason served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1986 to 1987, the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996, and the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 2006, compiling a career college football record of 123–121–1.
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Swanee Hunt
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Swanee Grace Hunt is an American writer, academic, and former diplomat.
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Ashley C. Ford
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in Ball State University
- In 2011 studied English
- Occupations
- journalistwriterpodcaster
- Biography
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Ashley C. Ford is an American writer, podcaster and educator who discusses topics including race, sexuality, and body image. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody's Daughter. She has been the host of five podcasts and has written or guest-edited for publications including The Guardian, Elle, BuzzFeed, and New York. In 2017, Forbes named her one of their "30 Under 30 in Media". In 2022, Ford won the Indiana Authors Award for a debut novel.
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Jeffrey D. Feltman
- Occupations
- international forum participantdiplomat
- Biography
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Jeffrey David Feltman is an American diplomat and former U.S. Special Envoy for Horn of Africa, serving from April 23, 2021 to January 10, 2022. He previously served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. As head of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs Feltman oversaw the UN's diplomatic efforts to prevent and mitigate conflict worldwide.
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Eric Butorac
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Eric Butorac, nicknamed Booty, is an American retired professional tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, and for a period of approximately six years was the No. 3 ranked American doubles player. His best result was reaching the 2014 Australian Open finals with partner Raven Klaasen. Their run to the final included a victory over the World No. 1 team of Bob and Mike Bryan.
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Jeremy Hazelbaker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeremy Philip Hazelbaker is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks, and in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers.
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Keith Wenning
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Keith Wenning is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ball State.
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Mike Neu
- Occupations
- coachplayer of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Michael David Neu is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the current head football coach of the Ball State Cardinals. He played college football at Ball State for Paul Schudel from 1990 to 1993. Neu played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season, in France Championnat Élite Division 1 one season, then in the Arena Football League (AFL) for 2 seasons from 1996 to 1997. He then served as the head coach of the af2's Augusta Stallions (2000), the AFL's Carolina Cobras (2001–2002) and the New Orleans VooDoo (2004–2008). In 2016, Neu returned to his alma mater, Ball State.
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Hal Rayle
- Occupations
- voice actor
- Biography
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Hal Rayle is an American voice actor. He has done many roles for both animated series and live action movies.
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Larry Bigbie
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Larry Robert Bigbie is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 2001 through 2006 for the Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Brad Maynard
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Bradley Alan Maynard is an American former professional football punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ball State Cardinals, twice earning consensus All-American honors. Maynard was selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and was also a member of the Chicago Bears, the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns.
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Bernie Parmalee
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Bernard Parmalee is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the running backs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2021 to 2023 and also served as an assistant coach for Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins.
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Jonathan Newsome
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Jonathan Newsome is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Ohio State and Ball State, and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Ottawa Redblacks and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL).
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Nate Davis
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Nate Charles Davis is an American football quarterback for the San Diego Strike Force of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football for the Ball State Ball State Cardinals. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.
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Jarrod Jones
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jarrod Michael Jones is an American-born naturalized Hungarian professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
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Brian Gallagher
- Occupations
- social workerbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Brian Gallagher is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide.
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Eric Patterson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Eric Patterson Jr. was an American football cornerback. He played college football for Ball State University, and was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2015. Patterson was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, the St. Louis Rams and the Cleveland Browns
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Allison Stanger
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Allison Katherine Stanger is an American political scientist and the Russell J. Leng '60 Professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College, Vermont and the founding director of Middlebury's Rohatyn Center for International Affairs. Stanger has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2004, and between 2009 and 2011 she worked as a part-time consultant to the United States Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff.
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Merv Rettenmund
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Mervin Weldon Rettenmund is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1968 through 1980, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1969 to 1971 and, won the World Series in 1970. Rettenmund also won world championships as a player for the Cincinnati Reds and, as a coach for the Oakland Athletics.
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Jennifer McCormick
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jennifer McCormick is an American politician and educator who is the former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Formerly a Republican, she upset the Democratic incumbent Glenda Ritz in the 2016 election and served one term. Switching to the Democratic Party in 2021, she is running for governor of Indiana in 2024.
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Majok Majok
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Majok Maker Majok is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Ball State Cardinals for two years, leading the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in rebounding and earning third-team all-conference honors in both seasons.
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Don Yaeger
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Don Yaeger is an American author and public speaker. He is an NSA-Certified Speaking Professional and eSpeakers-Certified Virtual Speaker. He has authored and co-authored 30 books, including 11 New York Times best-sellers.
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John Rarick
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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John Richard Rarick was an American lawyer, jurist, and World War II veteran who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Louisiana's 6th congressional district from 1967 to 1975.
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Rawle Marshall
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Rawle Junior Kalomo Marshall is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player who last played for Shahrdari Gorgan of the Iranian Super League.
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Glenda Ritz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Glenda Neubauer Ritz is an American educator and politician who formerly served as the former Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana. She was elected in 2012, defeating incumbent Superintendent Tony Bennett. She was the first Democrat to serve in the office in 40 years and the first Democrat to win any down ballot race in the state since 1996. She, along with Senator Joe Donnelly, are the most recent Democrats to have held a statewide office in Indiana.
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Brad Snyder
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bradley Michael Snyder is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He was raised in Bellevue, Ohio, and attended Ball State University from 2001–2003. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers.
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Reggie Hodges
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Reginald Aaron "Reggie" Hodges is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ball State.
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Dean Anna
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Dean William Anna is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Sheryl Sculley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sheryl Lee Sculley is an American politician and the former city manager of San Antonio, Texas, a position which she filled from November 2005 until March 2019. Her unusually long tenure was highly controversial because of her lucrative compensation, doubling from $250,000 in 2005 to upwards of $500,000 as of 2015.
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Angelin Chang
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- pianistlawyer
- Biography
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Angelin Chang is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University. She heads the university's keyboard studies program coordinates the university's chamber music program, and teaches music and law. Prior to joining Cleveland State, she was faculty at Rutgers University.
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Maurice Acker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Maurice Acker is an American professional basketball player for Lille Métropole BC. He was a standout college player for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He played high school basketball at Hillcrest High School, a teammate of Marquette alumni Jerel McNeal. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2010 NBA D League Draft by the Bakersfield Jam, but was waived in November of that year.
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Alfred K. Flowers
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Alfred K. Flowers is a retired United States Air Force major general who served in many roles, culminating as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget. At the time of his retirement, Flowers had served more than 46 years on active duty, making him the longest-serving airman in Air Force history and the longest serving African American in the history of the United States Department of Defense. Prior to his retirement, the enlisted members of Air Education and Training Command presented Flowers with the Order of the Sword, the Air Force enlisted force's highest honor for officer leadership.
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Suzette Kimball
- Occupations
- geologist
- Biography
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Suzette M. Kimball is an American geologist and environmental scientist who served as the 16th Director of the United States Geological Survey, a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior.
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Marc Lotter
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Enrolled in Ball State University
- 1988-1991 graduated with Bachelor of Science in telecommunication and political science
- Occupations
- political advisertelevision producerpolitical campaign staff
- Biography
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Marc Lotter is an American political advisor serving as the director of strategic communications for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. He was previously a Special Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to Vice President Pence.
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Sean Baker
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Sean Joseph Baker is a former American football safety. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012 as an undrafted free agent, and has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts.
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Claire Buffie
- Occupations
- graphic designerphotographerbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Claire Buffie, is an American photographer. As Miss New York 2010, she was the first Miss America contestant to advocate a gay-rights platform at the Miss America 2011 pageant (where she placed in the top 12).
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Juleen Zierath
- Occupations
- biologistphysiologist
- Biography
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Juleen R. Zierath is an American-Swedish biologist. Her research focuses on the cellular mechanisms that correspond to the development of insulin resistance in Type II diabetes. Her other research areas look at exercise-mediated effects on skeletal muscle glucose metabolism and gene expression.
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Kitt O'Brien
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Kitt O'Brien is a former American football offensive guard. He attended Ball State University, and signed with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League (AFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2013.
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Mick Haley
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Mick Haley is an American volleyball coach. He previously served for 17 seasons as the head coach of the University of Southern California women's volleyball team. He has also coached the U.S. Women's National Team at the Olympics. Prior to this he served for 17 years as the head coach of the University of Texas women's volleyball team.
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Andre Ramsey
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Andre Alexander Ramsey is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as a 7th round draft pick in 2009. He played college football at Ball State.
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Marcus Posley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marcus Steffon Posley is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Ball State, Indian Hills Community College and St. Bonaventure.
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Bob Sheets
- Occupations
- National Hurricane Centermeteorologist
- Biography
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Robert Chester Sheets is an American meteorologist who served as the director of the National Hurricane Center from 1987 to 1995. He was born in Marion, Indiana. He is well remembered for numerous interviews given from the Hurricane Center during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Sheets also was a member and eventual director in Project Storm Fury, an attempt to modify hurricanes with silver iodide. Since retiring in 1995, Sheets has continued his relationship with the media, becoming a special-situation hurricane analyst with ABC network affiliates in Florida. He has also co-authored a book on hurricane information and stories.
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Travis Moore
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Travis Moore is a former professional Canadian football coach who is currently serving as the receivers coach and pass game coordinator for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Moore has also been a coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders. As a player, Moore played 10 seasons as a slotback for the Calgary Stampeders and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, winning two Grey Cup championships with the Stampeders in 1998 and 2001. He also played in the one and only XFL season as a wide receiver for the San Francisco Demons team that competed in the league's championship game.
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Pamela Gaye Walker
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- actorfilm directorwriter
- Biography
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Pamela Gaye Walker is an American actress, writer, director, and producer for film and theatre. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association, and Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA). She is the founder and President of Ghost Ranch Productions. She is known for Shakti's Retreat (2013) and Trifles (2009).
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Mark W. Hannaford
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Warren Hannaford was an American educator and World War II veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1975 to 1979.
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Janet Buckner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Janet Buckner is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 29, which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County. During the 2020 reapportionment process, Buckner's residence moved from senate district 28 to senate district 29. Earlier, she represented District 28 from January 2021 to January 2023. Before her state senate tenure, she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 40, which covered a portion of Arapahoe County, from July 15, 2015, to January 13, 2021.
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Billy Riggs
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- landscape architecturban plannerresearcher
- Biography
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William Warren Riggs or "Billy" Riggs is an author, city planner, entrepreneur and professor of Management at University of San Francisco, and an international expert in the areas of sustainable transport, technology, urban development and the future of cities. He is the author of the book, End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City and Disruptive Transport: Driverless Cars, Transport Innovation and the Sustainable City of Tomorrow. He has worked as a professional planner, in venture capital for Just Business and a strategic consultant for various technology firms and startups. He also has experience as a successful recording artist and music producer, having worked on award-winning projects with Frances England, Gabriel Riggs and Carlos Villarreal.
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Peter Jubeck
- Occupations
- entrepreneurrestaurateur
- Biography
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Peter G. "Pete" Jubeck was a Czech-American businessman who founded, with partner Robert Swartz, the restaurants Sir Pizza of Michigan and Clara's Lansing Station, both in Lansing, Michigan, and with partner Ross Simpson, Clara's on the River in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Philip F. Deaver
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Philip F. Deaver was an American writer and poet from Tuscola, Illinois. His work appeared in literary magazines, including The New England Review, the Kenyon Review, Frostproof Review, the Florida Review, Poetry Miscellany and The Reaper.
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Michael H. Prosser
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- writeracademic
- Biography
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Michael H. Prosser, Professor Emeritus of the University of Virginia, was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Swaziland (1990–91), at which he initiated the communication major and experienced a military invasion on November 14, 1990, where 2-4 students were killed and more than 300-400 were injured. President of SIETAR International (1984–86), he later chaired six Rochester Intercultural Conferences (1995-2001), and was series editor for 17 books in Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium for Ablex, Praeger and Greenwood Publishing Group (1998-2004). A founder of the academic field of intercultural communication, he has been editor/coeditor or author/coauthor of 20 books plus one special volume for the International Journal of Intercultural Relations (2012: November).
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Emmy Kaiser
- Occupations
- wheelchair tennis player
- Biography
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Emmy Kaiser is an American wheelchair tennis player.
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Mike Roesler
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Roesler is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was drafted by the Reds in the 17th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Roesler played his first professional season with their Rookie league Billings Mustangs in 1985, and his last with the Kansas City Royals' Double-A Memphis Chicks and Triple-A Omaha Royals in 1993. When he was called up to the majors he struck Will Clark as 1 out of 18 strikeouts in the big leagues. Roeslers last professional appearance was in 1 game for the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
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Kenneth Mubu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Mubu was a South African politician and a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, and the Shadow Minister of Public Works.
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Robert E. Pursley
- Biography
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Robert Edwin Pursley is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, with headquarters at Fuchu Air Station, Japan. As commander, he was the senior United States military representative in Japan and responsible for the conduct of United States air operations in Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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Scott Secor
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Scott Secor is a former American football Placekicker for the Ball State Cardinals. Finished the regular season ranked 2nd in the FBS 1-A with 25 field goals made behind Josh Lambert from WVU with 27. With 25 field goals 2014 Secor is tied for 1st place in Ball State history with the most field goals in a single season, 2014 (John Diettrich 1985 & Steven Schott 2012). With 60 extra points in 2013, Secor is 2nd in Ball States record book behind Ian McGarvey, 2008.
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Mike Claytor
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- certified public accountant
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Michael A. Claytor is an American accountant, attorney, and politician. Claytor was the Democratic candidate for Indiana State Auditor during the 2014 election cycle, losing the race to Republican Suzanne Crouch. Prior to entering the race for Auditor, Claytor, a licensed CPA, worked for 15 years at the Indiana State Board of Accounts, where he served as Deputy Chief Examiner before transitioning to a career in the private sector and becoming a partner at Crowe Horwath LLP. He retired from the private sector in 2012. Claytor worked as treasurer for the gubernatorial campaign of former state representative John Gregg.
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Mian Chin
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China - Occupations
- atmospheric chemistacademic
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Mian Chin is a Chinese atmospheric chemist. She is a physical scientist in the atmospheric chemistry and dynamics laboratory in the earth science division at Goddard Space Flight Center. Her research includes aerosol-cloud-chemistry-climate interactions. She received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 2005.
