13 Notable alumni of
Buena Vista University
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Buena Vista University is 3492nd in the world, 1207th in North America, and 1147th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Buena Vista 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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Nate Bjorkgren
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Nate Bjorkgren is an American basketball coach who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota and Buena Vista University. He was previously an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns from 2015 to 2017 and the Toronto Raptors from 2018 to 2020. He was the head coach of the Indiana Pacers for the 2020-2021 season.
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Lindsay Peoples Wagner
- Occupations
- editor
- Biography
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Lindsay Peoples Wagner is an American editor. She is the former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, and was the youngest editor-in-chief of any Condé Nast magazine. She was named editor-in-chief of New York magazine's The Cut in 2021.
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Jim Fanning
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William James Fanning was an American-Canadian catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Often called "Gentleman Jim", Fanning was the first general manager of the Montreal Expos of the National League (appointed in August 1968), and served the Expos in a number of capacities for almost 25 years. As their field manager in 1981, he guided Montreal into the playoffs for the only time in the 36-year history of the franchise.
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Jim Doran
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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James Robert Doran was a National Football League (NFL) wide receiver for the Detroit Lions (1951–1959) and the Dallas Cowboys (1960–1961). He played college football at Iowa State University. He was a two-way player, playing both on offense and defense. He played 94 games as a defensive lineman, usually defensive end, and 115 games as a tight end.
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Mike Naig
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Biography
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Mike Naig is an American politician in the state of Iowa. A Republican, he is the current Iowa secretary of agriculture. He became the deputy secretary of agriculture in September 2013. After the resignation of Bill Northey, Kim Reynolds appointed Naig to succeed him in March 2018. Naig defeated Tim Gannon in the November 2018 election.
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Jesse Schmidt
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jesse Schmidt is a former arena football wide receiver.
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Nancy Boettger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy Jane Boettger was the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican, she served in the Iowa Senate since 1995. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 1965 and a B.A. from Buena Vista College in Education in 1982.
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Dan Huseman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Adair Huseman is an American politician. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1995. He was born in Cherokee and received his BA from Buena Vista College. Huseman announced in January 2020 that he would retire from the state house upon the conclusion of his thirteenth term in office.
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Greg Heartsill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Greg T. Heartsill is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 28th district from 2013 to 2019.
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Stewart Iverson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stewart E. Iverson Jr. is a former Republican party member of the Iowa House of Representatives. He previously served in the Iowa State Senate from the 5th District, where he was majority leader from 1998 until 2006.
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Steve Kettering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steve Kettering is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003, when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after Steve King was elected to Iowa's 5th congressional district. He got his B.A. from Buena Vista College and his master's degree from California State University, Long Beach.
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Royd Chambers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Royd E. Chambers was the Iowa State Representative from the 5th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 through 2013.
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Russell Eddie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Russell J. Eddie was an American politician in the state of Iowa.
