27 Notable alumni of
California University of Pennsylvania
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The California University of Pennsylvania is 1788th in the world, 625th in North America, and 589th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from the California University of Pennsylvania sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Shaka Smart
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Shaka Dingani Smart is an American men's college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is the current head men's basketball coach at Marquette University. He married his wife Maya Payne Smart in 2006 and had his daughter Zora in 2011.
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Eric Kush
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Eric Kush is an American former professional football guard. He played college football at California University of Pennsylvania. Kush was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
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Paul K. Van Riper
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Paul K. Van Riper is a retired United States Marine lieutenant general. Van Riper was a combat veteran—twice receiving the Silver Star Medal for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. At the time of his retirement, Van Riper was serving as the Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division and Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. Since his retirement, Van Riper has served on several advisory boards and panels. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.
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Erik Harris
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Erik Harris is an American professional football safety. He played college football at California (PA). He has been a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the New Orleans Saints, Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. Harris is known for playing many positions, including free and strong safety, halfback (which has an entirely different meaning than the American football halfback), cornerback, weakside linebacker and strong-side linebacker.
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C. J. Goodwin
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Charaun Jareé "C. J." Goodwin is an American professional football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent following the 2014 NFL draft. He played college basketball for the Bethany Bison, and college football for the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons and the California Vulcans.
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Jack Zduriencik
- Occupations
- general manager
- Biography
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John A. “Jack” Zduriencik is an American radio broadcaster and former professional baseball executive, scout, and player. He currently works as a radio host for KDKA-FM, which is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also served as the general manager of the Seattle Mariners from 2008 until 2015.
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Mary Beth Buchanan
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Mary Beth Buchanan is the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She was nominated by George W. Bush on September 5, 2001, and confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14, 2001.
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Josh Portis
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Joshua Allen Portis is an American former professional football quarterback. He was highly touted as one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterback prospects out of high school. Portis attended the University of Florida for one season and then transferred to the University of Maryland. In 2009, he transferred again to Division II California University of Pennsylvania, where he set school records with 3,421 passing yards, 36 touchdowns and 3,870 total offensive yards throwing.
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Tommie Campbell
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Tommie James Campbell is an American former professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL draft.
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Garrett Kelleher
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Garrett Kelleher is an Irish real estate developer and businessman with additional corporate interests in finance, film and education.
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Julia Cohen
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Julia Cohen is an American former professional tennis player. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In her career, Cohen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 July 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97. On 13 May 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings.
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Bob Bailor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Michael Bailor is an American former Major League Baseball player best known for being the first player selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
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Trevon Jenifer
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Trevon Edward Jenifer is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.
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Kimmarie Johnson
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Kimmarie Johnson is an American actress, model, businesswoman, and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the founder of SkinGlow by Kimmarie, a skin care and beauty retailing and consulting company she founded in 2011.
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Dave Pilipovich
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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David Gabe Pilipovich is an American basketball coach. As of 2022 Pilipovich is an assistant coach at The University of New Mexico He played college basketball at Thiel and has been a basketball coach since 1988. After five years as an assistant coach at the program, Pilipovich was head coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2012 to 2020.
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R. Steven Whitcomb
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Enrolled in the California University of Pennsylvania
- Graduated with master's degree in education
- Biography
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R. Steven Whitcomb is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from the University of Virginia in 1970. In his final assignment he served as Inspector General of the United States Army.
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Frank Mascara
- Enrolled in the California University of Pennsylvania
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Robert Mascara was an American Democratic politician from Pennsylvania who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
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Alan R. Lynn
- Biography
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U.S. Army Lieutenant General Alan R. Lynn was the Director, Defense Information Systems Agency at Fort Meade, MD.
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Rishaw Johnson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Rishaw Kali Johnson is a former American football offensive guard that is currently the tight ends coach at McNeese State. He attended California University of Pennsylvania in 2011, having transferred there from the University of Mississippi, where he played from 2008 to 2010. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Seahawks in 2012.
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Wes Cates
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Wes Cates is a former professional Canadian football running back.
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Bill Viola
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- karateka
- Biography
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William Viola II is an entrepreneur, martial arts instructor, and mixed martial arts pioneer credited by some as the co-creator of the sport of MMA. In 1979, he co-founded CV Productions, Inc., the first mixed martial arts company in America and the Tough Guy Contest. His life is the subject of the book Godfathers of MMA and the film Tough Guys.
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Nicholas Addlery
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Nicholas Addlery is a former Jamaican football player who is a former assistant for PDL club Peachtree City MOBA.
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Rick Krivda
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Richard Michael Krivda is an American former baseball pitcher. Krivda pitched 12 years in professional baseball and won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics.
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Fran Rogel
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Francis Stephen Rogel was an American football fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Dennis E. Wisnosky
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Dennis E. Wisnosky is an American consultant, writer and former chief architect and chief technical officer of the US DoD Business Mission Area (BMA) within the Office of Business Transformation. He is known as one of the creators and initiators of the Integrated Definition (IDEFs) language, a standard for modeling and analysis in management and business improvement efforts.
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Tim Solobay
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy J. Solobay is a Pennsylvania politician who served as the Fire Commissioner of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2017. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
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Bruce Foster Sterling
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Bruce Foster Sterling was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
