20 Notable alumni of
Central State University
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Central State University is 1773rd in the world, 625th in North America, and 589th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Central 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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Omarosa Manigault Newman
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- voice actorpoliticianactorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Omarosa Onee Newman, known mononymously as Omarosa, is an American reality television show participant, writer, and former political aide. She has worked in the White House offices of former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. She became widely known as a contestant on the first season of NBC's reality television series The Apprentice.
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Leontyne Price
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Mary Violet Leontyne Price is an American spinto soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first African American to be a leading performer. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala; at La Scala, she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Verdi's Aida.
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Hastings Banda
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- diplomatpoliticianphysician
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion / Commonwealth realm). In 1966, the country became a republic and he became the first president as a result, ruling until his defeat in 1994.
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Elizabeth Eckford
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- activist
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Elizabeth Ann Eckford is an American civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The integration came as a result of the 1954 United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education. Eckford's public ordeal was captured by press photographers on the morning of September 4, 1957, after she was prevented from entering the school by the Arkansas National Guard. A dramatic snapshot by Will Counts of the Arkansas Democrat showed the young girl being followed and threatened by an angry white mob; this and other photos of the day's startling events were circulated around the US and the world by the press.
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Joyce Beatty
- Enrolled in Central State University
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- officialpoliticianuniversity teacherbusinessperson
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Joyce Marie Beatty is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district since 2013, and as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Beatty represented the 27th district in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008, serving for a time as minority leader. She was also previously the senior vice-president for outreach and engagement at Ohio State University.
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Hugh Douglas
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- player of American footballradio personality
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Hugh Lamont Douglas is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). His playing career included stints with the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles (twice), and the Jacksonville Jaguars. In his first season in 1995, Douglas was named Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He is affectionately known as Turbo Bird.
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Priest Lauderdale
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- basketball player
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Priest Lauderdale is an American-Bulgarian former professional basketball player.
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John Roseboro
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- baseball playerbasketball coach
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John Junior Roseboro was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. A four-time All-Star player, Roseboro is considered one of the best defensive catchers of the 1960s, winning two Gold Glove Awards. He was the Dodgers' starting catcher in four World Series with the Dodgers winning three of those.
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Cecil McBee
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- bassistmusicianmusic teacherjazz musician
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Cecil McBee is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums.
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Felicia Moore
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Felicia A. Moore is an American politician who served as the president of the Atlanta City Council. She was elected to the office in a December 2017 runoff election. She previously held the post of City Council member for District 9, serving for 20 years.
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Rob Murphy
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Robert Murphy Sr. is a former American basketball executive, coach and player. He was most recently employed as the assistant general manager of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the president and general manager of the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League, the affiliate of the Pistons. He previously served as the head men's basketball coach for the Eastern Michigan Eagles from 2011 to 2021.
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John Thompson
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United States - Occupations
- politician
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John Thompson is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 67A district from 2021 to 2023. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 5, 2021. Prior to seeking elected office, Thompson was an activist supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and directed a local social justice organization.
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Roberta Alexander
- Occupations
- musicianopera singer
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Roberta Alexander is an American operatic soprano. She began her career as a lyric soprano in 1975 and spent the next three decades performing principal roles with opera houses internationally. Particularly celebrated for her performances of Mozart heroines, she was a leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera from 1983 to 1991. In addition to principal Mozart roles like Countess Almaviva, Elettra, Fiordiligi, and Donna Elvira, she had particular success with the parts of Mimì in Puccini's La bohème and the title role in Janáček's Jenůfa. More recently she has performed secondary character roles on stage, including performances at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in 2013, La Scala in 2014, and La Monnaie in 2015. She performed the Fifth Maid in Strauss's Elektra at the Met in 2016 and Curra in Verdi's La forza del destino at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2019.
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Eddie Milner
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- baseball player
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Edward James Milner Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played all or parts of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1980–86, 1988) and San Francisco Giants (1987), primarily as a center fielder. Milner batted and threw left-handed.
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John W. Shannon
- Enrolled in Central State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in industrial education
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John William Shannon Sr. was United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1989 to 1993.
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Funmilayo Olayinka
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- banker
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Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka, was a Nigerian banker and politician who served as the deputy governor of Ekiti State from 2010 until her death in 2013.
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H. Abram Wilson
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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H. Abram Wilson (born 1946) is a Republican politician and a former mayor of San Ramon, California.
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Charles Freeman Lee
- Occupations
- jazz musicianpianist
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Charles Freeman Lee, known as Freeman Lee was an American jazz trumpeter, recording with the Elmo Hope Quintet, Bennie Green, Babs Gonzales and Howard McGhee.
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Phyllis Bolds
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- 1933-2018 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- physicist
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Phyllis Gaynell Bolds was an American physicist who worked for the United States Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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Elle Moxley
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- LGBTQI+ rights activistwriter
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Elle Moxley is an American transgender rights activist. She co-founded the Black Lives Matter Global Network, where she served as a strategic partner and organizing coordinator, and founded The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, where she serves as executive director.
