15 Notable alumni of
Benedictine College
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Benedictine College is 2600th in the world, 913th in North America, and 863rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Benedictine 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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David Koechner
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actormusicianscreenwritervoice actor
- Biography
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David Michael Koechner is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing roles such as Champ Kind in the Anchorman films and Todd Packer on The Office series.
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Wangari Muta Maathai
- Occupations
- biologistpoliticianenvironmentalistveterinarianteacher
- Biography
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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Patrick D. Gallagher
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Patrick David Gallagher is an American physicist and former chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh since August 2014. He previously served acting United States deputy secretary of commerce from 2013 to 2014 and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2009 and 2014.
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Thomas M. Hoenig
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Thomas Michael Hoenig is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center. He became a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on April 16, 2012, and served as vice chairman from November 30, 2012 to April 30, 2018. From 1991 to 2011, he served as the eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, in Kansas City, United States. In 2010, he was serving as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, as one of five of the twelve Federal Reserve Bank presidents that sit on the Committee on a yearly rotating basis. He is known as an "anti-inflation hawk".
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Terrance W. Gainer
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Terrance William Gainer is a former law enforcement officer and was the 38th Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate and served in that position from January 4, 2007, to May 2, 2014.
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Bob Veale
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Andrew Veale is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1962 through 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox.
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Joseph P. Teasdale
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Patrick Teasdale was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 48th Governor of Missouri from 1977 to 1981. Teasdale was formerly a prosecutor for Jackson County, Missouri. In 1972, he made his first bid for governor, placing third in the Democratic primary, but attaining name recognition and the nickname "Walking Joe". In 1976, after initially running for U.S. Senate, Teasdale switched races and made a second bid for the Governor's office. He won the nomination and defeated incumbent Kit Bond in an upset. In 1980, Teasdale beat back a primary challenge from State Treasurer Jim Spainhower, but was defeated by Bond in a rematch. After leaving office, Teasdale returned to practicing law until his death.
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Terry Hanson
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Terry Hanson is a retired American radio personality of the John Boy and Billy Big Show, a nationally syndicated radio show. He was the first head of Turner Broadcasting Sports and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Men's Soccer Coach of the Year. He has also owned and operated the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Hanson Enterprises since 1994-2020, where he was a consultant for ESPN, Executive Search Firm, Sports Leagues, organizations and also contract negotiations for a number of Television and Radio Announcers and Talent.
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Michael M. Ryan
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Michael M. Ryan was an American actor. Ryan was best known for his long-running role as John Randolph on the serial Another World, which he played from November 13, 1964, until his character's death in a fire on March 6, 1979.
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Jack Buechner
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John William Buechner was an American lawyer and politician from who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1991. After serving in Congress, Buechner (BEEK-ner) became president of the International Republican Institute and was an associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. From 2001 until his retirement in 2005, he was the president of the Presidential Classroom program. He served as senior counsel to The Hawthorn Group in Alexandria, Virginia, and was on the advisory board of Bloomberg Government. He was also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.
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Daniel L. Karbler
- Enrolled in Benedictine College
- Graduated with master's degree in business studies
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Daniel Lewis Karbler is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the commander of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command from 2019 to 2024. Prior to that, he was the chief of staff of the United States Strategic Command.
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Charles A. Ray
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Charles Aaron Ray is an American former diplomat who acted as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2009 and 2012. He is a former Foreign Service Officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who held the position of U.S. Ambassador twice, and retired with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He is also a retired U.S. Army officer who was decorated twice for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War, and later served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs.
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Eugene D. O'Sullivan
- Enrolled in Benedictine College
- Studied in 1904-1905
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan was an American Democratic Party politician from Nebraska.
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Donn B. Murphy
- Occupations
- theatrical directoruniversity teacher
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Donn B. Murphy taught theatre and speech courses at Georgetown University from 1954 to 2000. At the invitation of Jacqueline Kennedy and Letitia Baldrige, he became a theatrical advisor to the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations for White House dramatic and music presentations in the East Room (1961–1965). He was a founding member of the National Theatre Corporation (1974) and was Vice-President and then President and Executive Director of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. from 1974 to 2010.
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Tina A. Davidson
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in Benedictine College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in biology
- Occupations
- military nurse
- Biography
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Tina Ann Davidson is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy, and Commander, of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, from 2018 to 2020. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
