17 Notable alumni of
California University of Pennsylvania
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The California University of Pennsylvania is 1758th in the world, 631st in North America, and 595th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 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.
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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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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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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 four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On July 30, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97. On May 13, 2013, she peaked at No. 121 in the doubles rankings.
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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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Bob Bailor
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Michael Bailor is a 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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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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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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R. Steven Whitcomb
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 75)
- 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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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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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. He was the uncle of St. Lucie County, Florida Sheriff Ken Mascara. His Grandson Matthew Mascara entered the political arena by earning the Democratic nomination for Westmoreland County treasurer, however falling short in the general election garnering 41% of the vote.
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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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Dennis E. Wisnosky
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 76)
- 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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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 NFL.
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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.
