100 Notable alumni of
Colorado State University - Fort Collins
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins is 473rd in the world, 181st in North America, and 167th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Colorado State University - Fort Collins sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jason Momoa
- Occupations
- voice actormodelactortelevision actordirector
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Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor and film producer. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012). He went on to play the lead roles in the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier (2016–2018), and the Apple TV shows See (2019–2022) and Chief of War (2025).
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John Amos
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
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John Allen Amos Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for his role as James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. His other well known roles were as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying Captain Meissner in Lock Up (1989) and Major Grant in Die Hard 2 (1990). His other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of the Mayor of Washington DC Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. In film, he played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), and Coming 2 America (2021).
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Leslie Jones
- Occupations
- television actorwritergame show hostactorfilm actor
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Annette Leslie Jones is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep. She has also been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, Problem Child, was broadcast on Showtime. Jones starred in Ghostbusters (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live.
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Lane Kiffin
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
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Lane Monte Kiffin is an American football coach who is the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2007 to 2008, the University of Tennessee in 2009, USC from 2010 to 2013, Florida Atlantic from 2017 to 2019, and Ole Miss from 2020 to 2025.
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Anwar al-Awlaqi
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki was an American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer. He was assassinated in Yemen in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and assassinated by a U.S. government drone strike. U.S. government officials alleged that al-Awlaki, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen, was a key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.
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Derek Theler
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorscreenwritermodelfilm actor
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Derek Theler is an American actor, writer, producer and model. He is best known for portraying Danny on Baby Daddy (2012–2017).
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Cory Gardner
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1997 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cory Scott Gardner is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2015 to 2021. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011. As of 2025, he is the last Republican to serve Colorado in the U.S. Senate.
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Lissie
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- singerguitaristsinger-songwritercomposerrecording artist
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Elisabeth Corrin Maurus, known as Lissie, is an American singer-songwriter. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010. Her second studio album, Back to Forever, was released in October 2013. Her first record as an independent artist, and third studio album, My Wild West, was released February 12, 2016 and went on to receive critical acclaim. Her fourth studio album Castles, was released worldwide on March 23, 2018. Her fifth studio album, Carving Canyons, was released September 16, 2022.
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Shaquil Barrett
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Shaquil Akeem Barrett is an American former professional football linebacker. He played college football for the Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks before transferring to the Colorado State Rams. Barrett was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent after the 2014 NFL draft. After five seasons with the Broncos, including winning Super Bowl 50, he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Barrett's level of play increased, making the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams in 2019 after leading the league in sacks, and in 2021 won Super Bowl LV, recording a sack in the game. He signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2024 before briefly retiring from football, later returning to the Buccaneers and confirming in 2025 that he was "100 percent done for good" with the NFL.
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Jenna Ellis
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 42)
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 2004 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in journalism
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical punditlawyerpodcasterlegal profession
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Jenna Lynn Ellis is an American conservative (law license currently suspended) lawyer who was a member of Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign's legal team. She is a former deputy district attorney in Weld County, Colorado. During the Trump presidency, she presented herself as a "constitutional law attorney" during cable news appearances, though The New York Times reported that her background did not reflect such expertise and The Wall Street Journal reported that she had no history in any federal cases.
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Basuki Hadimuljono
- Occupations
- civil servantminister
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Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono is an Indonesian bureaucrat who is the current Head of The Nusantara Capital City Authority and was the former Minister of Public Works and Public Housing under Joko Widodo. Before his appointment as minister, he had worked for the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works for nine years.
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Salvatore Giunta
- Occupations
- military personnel
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Salvatore Augustine Giunta is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed Forces' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. Giunta was cited for saving the lives of members of his squad on October 25, 2007, during the War in Afghanistan. He left the United States Army in June 2011.
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Amy Van Dyken
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- 1994-1996 studied human development
- Occupations
- radio personalitycolor commentatorswimmer
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Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and 4×100-meter medley relay.
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John Ensign
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1985 studied veterinary medicine
- Occupations
- general managerveterinarianpolitician
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John Eric Ensign is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair. A member of the Republican Party, Ensign previously represented Nevada's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, the only Republican to represent the district. Following his resignation from the Senate, Ensign returned to Nevada and resumed his career as a veterinarian.
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Willow Pill
- Occupations
- drag queen
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Willow Patterson, known by the stage name Willow Pill, is an American drag performer, recording artist, and television personality. She is best known for winning the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022, where she became the first transgender woman and the second contestant with a chronic illness to win a regular season of the show. Willow Pill’s victory was widely seen as a milestone for transgender representation on Drag Race, a show that had previously faced criticism for its treatment of trans contestants. During her time on the show, she came out as trans femme and spoke candidly about her experience living with cystinosis, a rare genetic disorder she has managed since childhood. She uses she/they pronouns and has said her drag is often shaped by themes of illness, mortality, and gender exploration.
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Trey McBride
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Trey McBride is an American professional football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams, where he was named a unanimous All-American and the John Mackey Award winner in 2021. McBride was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft.
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Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook
- Occupations
- politician
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Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook is a Palestinian politician and senior member of Hamas who served as the first chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1992 until 1996 and deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from January 1997 until April 2013, where he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh.
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Benny Begin
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences
- Occupations
- geologistpolitician
- Biography
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Ze'ev Binyamin Begin (Hebrew: זאב בנימין "בני" בגין; born 1 March 1943), is an Israeli geologist and politician, having previously served as a member for Likud and Herut – The National Movement. He is the son of former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin.
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Ibrahim Abd al-Aziz al-Assaf
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1981 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Assaf is a Saudi politician who served as finance minister, foreign minister, and state minister of Saudi Arabia.
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Steph Davis
- Occupations
- climbing specialist
- Biography
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Stephanie "Steph" Davis is an American rock climber, BASE jumper, and wingsuit flyer. She is one of the world's leading climbers, having completed some of the hardest routes in the world. She has free soloed up to 5.11a (6b+), and was the first woman to summit all the peaks of the Fitzroy Range in Patagonia, the second woman to free climb El Capitan in a day, the first woman to free climb the Salathė Wall on El Capitan, the first woman to free solo The Diamond on Longs Peak in Colorado, and the first woman to summit Torre Egger. Davis was married to fellow climbers and BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Mario Richard (both of whom died wingsuiting), and currently to sky-diving instructor, flyer, and jumper Ian Mitchard. Davis is also a blogger who writes about her interests in climbing, BASE jumping, yoga, and veganism.
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Nick Stabile
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Nick Stabile is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Jesse Miller in Bride of Chucky.
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Rebecca Skloot
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Rebecca L. Skloot /ˈskluːt/ is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying on The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 years and eventually reaching #1. It was adapted into a movie by George C. Wolfe, which premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017, and starred Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Oprah Winfrey as Lacks's daughter Deborah.
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Susan Butcher
- Occupations
- dogsled musher
- Biography
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Susan Howlet Butcher was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day.
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Al Baker
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football playerentrepreneur
- Biography
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James Albert London Baker, nicknamed "Bubba", is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1990. He played college football for the Colorado State Rams. He was named to three Pro Bowls and was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
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Brian Schweitzer
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- farmerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Brian David Schweitzer is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democratic Governors Association. He also served as President of the Council of State Governments.
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Michael Johnson
- Occupations
- songwriterguitaristsingermusician
- Biography
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Michael Jay Johnson was an American pop, country, and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best remembered for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and nine more on Hot Country Songs, including two number one country hits in 1986's "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder". He also co-wrote "Cain's Blood", the debut single of 1990s country group 4 Runner.
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Bill Ritter
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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August William Ritter Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election to the governorship in 2006.
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Jason Smith
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jason Victor Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams before being selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Miami Heat.
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Jesse Luken
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jesse Christopher Luken is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for playing Jimmy Tolan in the FX drama series Justified and Eric in the CW science fiction romance series Star-Crossed.
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Kjell Lindgren
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with Master of Science in cardiovascular physiology
- Occupations
- military officerastronautsurgeon
- Biography
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Kjell Norwood Lindgren is an American astronaut who was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 44/45 on July 22, 2015.
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Roy Romer
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Roy Rudolf Romer is an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999, and subsequently as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006. Romer was a member of the Democratic Party. He is the father of Paul Romer, a recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
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Jon Rubinstein
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Jonathan J. "Jon" Rubinstein is an American electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iMac and iPod, the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc. in 2001. He left his position as senior vice president of Apple's iPod division on April 14, 2006.
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Eugene Daniels
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- 2007-2012 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in journalism
- Occupations
- journalistAmerican football player
- Biography
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Eugene Anthony Daniels-Stephens II is an American journalist. He is currently the chief Washington correspondent for MS NOW.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
- Occupations
- writeracademicpoetuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his contribution to poetry.
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Baxter Black
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Occupations
- poetnovelistveterinarianradio personality
- Biography
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Baxter Black was an American cowboy poet and veterinarian. He wrote over 30 books of poetry, fiction—both novels and children's literature—and commentary, selling over two million books, CDs, and DVDs.
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Andrew Wirth
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Andrew "Andy" Wirth is an American businessman in the mountain resort and hotel industry. He was most recently the president and CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, the parent company of Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows ski resorts in Olympic Valley, CA until 2018.
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Gian Clavell
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gian Louis Clavell López is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League and the Basketball Champions League. He played three seasons of college basketball for the Colorado State Rams, earning Mountain West Conference Player of the Year honors in 2017. He also represents the Puerto Rican national team.
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Weston Richburg
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Weston Blaine Richburg is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams and was selected by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. Richburg also played for the San Francisco 49ers.
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James H. Dickinson
- Biography
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James H. Dickinson is an active United States Army general who served as the commander of the United States Space Command from 2020 to 2025. He previously served as deputy commander of the United States Space Command from 2019 to 2020.
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Peter C. Lemon
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Peter Charles Lemon is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. He received the award for his actions on April 1, 1970, while serving in Tây Ninh Province during the Vietnam War. He dedicated his award to the three comrades he lost in the battle for which he received the award: Casey Waller, Nathan Mann, Brent Street. Lemon is the only Canadian-born United States citizen to be presented the medal for fighting in the Vietnam War. He is the eighth-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.
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John Gill
- Years
- 1937-.. (age 89)
- Occupations
- mountaineermathematicianrock climber
- Biography
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John Gill is an American mathematician who has achieved recognition for his rock-climbing. He is widely considered to be the father of American bouldering.
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Walter Scott Jr
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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Walter Scott Jr. was an American billionaire businessman, civil engineer, philanthropist, and CEO of Kiewit Corporation. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at US$4.2 billion.
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Milt Palacio
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Milton Sigmund Palacio is a Belizean-American professional basketball coach and former player.
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Glenn Morris
- Occupations
- athletics competitoractorfilm actorAmerican football player
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Glenn Edgar Morris was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Colorado A&M — now known as Colorado State University — and played football as well as track and field. He was also an occasional actor, he portrayed Tarzan in Tarzan's Revenge.
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Wayne Allard
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1968 graduated with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Occupations
- veterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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Alan Wayne Allard is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States representative (1991–1997) and United States senator (1997–2009) from Colorado, as well as previously a Colorado state senator (1983–1991). A member of the Republican Party, he did not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2008. In February 2009, he began work as a lobbyist at the Livingston Group, a Washington, D.C.–based government relations consulting firm.
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Kim Mestdagh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kim Mestdagh is a Belgian basketball player for Italian side PF Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile and formerly for the Belgian national team. She is the daughter of Philip Mestdagh and the elder sister of Hanne Mestdagh.
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Kathleen Williams
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kathleen Williams is an American politician from Montana. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the nonpartisan Environmental Quality Council of the Montana Legislature and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. In 2010, she was elected to the Montana House of Representatives and served three two-year terms before retiring. In 2018 and 2020, Williams ran, unsuccessfully, as the Democratic nominee for Montana's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives.
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Ralph C. Smith
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Ralph Corbett Smith was a senior officer of the United States Army. After receiving early training as a pilot from Orville Wright he served Brigadier General John J. Pershing's army against Pancho Villa, was decorated for bravery in World War I and commanded the 27th Infantry Division in combat in the Pacific War in World War II. At his death Smith was the oldest surviving general officer of the Army.
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Mark Mattson
- Occupations
- university teacherscientistneuroscientist
- Biography
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Mark P. Mattson is an American neuroscientist who is an adjunct professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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Jack Christiansen
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Jack LeRoy Christiansen was an American professional football player who became a college and pro coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions as a safety and return specialist from 1951 to 1958. He helped lead the Lions to three NFL championships in 1952, 1953, and 1957 and was a first-team All-NFL player in six of his eight years in the league. He led the NFL in interceptions in 1953 and 1957 and in punt returns for touchdown in 1951, 1952, 1954, and 1956. His eight career punt returns for touchdowns was an NFL record until 1989 and remains the fourth best in league history. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Mary L. Cleave
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biology
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2005 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.
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Lauren Myracle
- Occupations
- writercomics writerchildren's writernovelist
- Biography
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Lauren Myracle is an American writer of young adult fiction. She has written many novels, including the three best-selling "IM" books, ttyl, ttfn and l8r, g8r. Her book Thirteen Plus One was released May 4, 2011.
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Henson Cargill
- Occupations
- singersongwritermusician
- Biography
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Henson Cargill was an American country music singer best known for the socially controversial 1968 country number-one hit "Skip a Rope". His music career began in Oklahoma in clubs around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He earned national recognition after getting a Nashville producer to agree to produce "Skip a Rope".
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Stanton Kidd
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Stanton Kidd is an American professional basketball player for the Taipei Taishin Mars of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for South Plains College, North Carolina Central University and Colorado State before playing professionally in Belgium, Germany, Turkey and for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Brad Soderberg
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Bradley William Soderberg is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the Millikin Big Blue of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Soderberg was previously head coach at Lindenwood, St. Louis, South Dakota State, Loras College, was the interim head coach at Wisconsin, and an assistant coach for the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
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Joel Dreessen
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Joel Clifford Dreessen is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for the Colorado State Rams. Dreessen also played for the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos.
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Hanne Mestdagh
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Hanne Mestdagh is a Belgian basketball player for BC Namur-Capitale and the Belgian national team. She is the daughter of Philip Mestdagh and the younger sister of Kim Mestdagh.
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Matt Corboy
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Matt Corboy is an American actor.
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Nicolás Carvacho
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nicolás Eduardo "Nico" Carvacho Bibb is a Chilean-American professional basketball player for Elitzur Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Colorado State.
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Hsu Shu-hsiang
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- pedagogue
- Biography
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Hsu Shu-hsiang is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. In December 2024, he became the incumbent Vice President of the Examination Yuan.
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Kent Rominger
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger is an American former astronaut, former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center, and a captain in the United States Navy. Rominger holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours. He joined ATK Launch Systems Group in 2006 as Vice President of Advanced Programs.
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Marilyn Musgrave
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1972 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- teacherbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Marilyn Neoma Musgrave, is an American politician and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served from 2003 to 2009, representing the 4th District of Colorado.
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William E. Adams
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William Edward Adams was a major in the United States Army who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War.
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Dave Young
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David L. Young is an American politician and the current Treasurer of Colorado. He served as a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 50 from the time of his appointment on July 28, 2011 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jim Riesberg until his term ended and he took office as State Treasurer in early 2019. He won a second term as state treasurer in 2022.
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Bob Rule
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Bobby Frank Rule was an American professional basketball player. He played at center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Milwaukee Bucks. He was selected to the first team NBA All-Rookie team (1967-68). In his second and third NBA seasons (1968 to 1970), he was in the top 10 in scoring average. Almost every other player in the top 10 for those two seasons was eventually inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. His career was derailed in the fourth game of his fourth season by an Achilles tendon injury from which he never fully recovered.
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James van Hoften
- Occupations
- military officerfighter pilotengineercivil engineerastronaut
- Biography
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James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA.
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Jeff Crank
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical punditjournalist
- Biography
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Jeffrey George Crank is an American politician and radio show host currently serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district since 2025.
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Gary Glick
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Gary Galen Glick was an American professional football safety, cornerback and placekicker who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) before he concluded his career in the American Football League (AFL) for one season, where he won the 1963 AFL championship with the San Diego Chargers. He was the number one overall selection in the 1956 NFL draft. To date, Glick is still the only defensive back ever to be picked first overall in any NFL draft.
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Paula Hicks-Hudson
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 75)
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Paula S. Hicks-Hudson is an American politician who has served as a member of the Ohio Senate from the 11th district since 2022. She is the former Mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
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R Vidyasagar Rao
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Ramaraju Vidyasagar Rao was an Indian government administrator and a Telangana activist. He was the Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Water Resources, Central Water Commission. After the formation of Telangana State, he was appointed as the Advisor on Irrigation to the Government of Telangana. He was the foremost expert on irrigation projects in Telangana, and was instrumental in highlighting injustices in water allocation for Telangana Region in United Andhra Pradesh.
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Ted Harvey
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ted Harvey is an American politician. In 2001, Harvey was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican, representing the 43rd House District. Elected in 2006 to the Colorado Senate, he represented Senate District 30, which encompasses Northern Douglas County—Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, and Roxborough Park. He was also one of Colorado's delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, in addition to Republican National Conventions in 2012, 2016, and prior election cycles.
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Sam Steiger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Steiger was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, served as a special assistant to Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television. Despite these accomplishments, Steiger is best known for two incidents: one, while he was a sitting congressman, was the 1975 killing of two burros; the second was painting a crosswalk between Prescott's courthouse and nearby Whiskey Row.
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Richie Hall
- Occupations
- head coachCanadian football player
- Biography
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Richie Hall is a defensive assistant coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played professionally as a Canadian football defensive back for nine seasons for the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders where he was a CFL All-Star in 1983 and a four-time divisional All-Star. He is a five-time Grey Cup champion, once as a player and four times as a defensive coordinator. He was formerly the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos from 2009 to 2010.
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Isaiah Stevens
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah T. Stevens is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams.
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Scott Waguespack
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott Waguespack is a member of the Chicago City Council, representing the 32nd ward since May 2007. The current 32nd ward includes parts of the neighborhoods of Wicker Park, Bucktown, Goose Island, Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, and Roscoe Village.
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Doug Hutchinson
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Doug Hutchinson is a former mayor of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado.
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George Watson
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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George Watson was a United States Army private who died while rescuing fellow soldiers from drowning at sea during World War II. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on March 8, 1943, near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea.
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Martin J. Fettman
- Occupations
- astronautveterinarian
- Biography
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Martin Joseph Fettman is an American pathologist and researcher who flew on NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist.
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Dudley Brown
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dudley W. Brown is an American gun rights lobbyist. He is the founder and president of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and president of the National Association for Gun Rights.
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Mike Young
- Biography
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Michael L. Young is an American government official. He served as the acting United States secretary of agriculture from January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, to April 25, 2017, when the United States Senate confirmed Sonny Perdue as the new secretary. Young has been director of the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Budget and Policy Analysis since October 2010, and has served for 25 years in that office, and has previously served in other positions within the department. He has a bachelor of science degree in botany from Colorado State University and a master of business administration degree from George Washington University.
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Ronnie D. Green
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Ronnie David Green served as the 20th chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2016 to 2023. UNL is the state's flagship, a land-grant university, and is part of the University of Nebraska system. Green previously led the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 2010 to 2016, and served as interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the university's highest academic office, from 2015 to 2016.
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Janay DeLoach
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Cynithia "Janay" DeLoach Soukup is a United States track and field athlete who won the bronze medal in the women's long jump at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was listed in The Coloradoan's #3 Top Sports Story of 2011 about her road to the 2012 Olympics. She is currently signed to Nike and trains in Colorado.
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Josh Watson
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Josh Watson is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at Colorado State.
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Jane E. Norton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jane Ellen Norton is an American politician who was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 election. She lost the nomination to Weld County District Attorney and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck. While in office, Norton was notable for leading a successful effort to outlaw gay marriage in Colorado.
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Hans Bruyninckx
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Hans Emiel Aloysius Bruyninckx is a Belgian political scientist and international relations scholar specialized in international environmental governance and European environmental politics. He has headed the European Environment Agency since 2013. While in this position, he is on leave from his posts as Professor of International Relations and Global Environmental Governance, Institute for International and European Policy; and Director, Research Institute for Work and Society, both at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven).
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Emmanuel Omogbo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Emmanuel Omogbo is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for South Plains and Colorado State before playing professionally in Italy, Lithuania and Israel. Standing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
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Chuck Fager
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writeropinion journalisteditor
- Biography
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Charles Eugene Fager, known as Chuck Fager, is an American activist, author, editor, publisher and an outspoken and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. He is known for his work in both the Civil Rights Movement and in the Peace movement. His written works include religious and political essays, humor, adult fiction, and juvenile fiction, and he is best known for his 1974 book Selma 1965: The March That Changed the South, his in-depth history of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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Julie Rosen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julie A. Rosen is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 23, which includes all or portions of Blue Earth, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, Waseca, and Watonwan counties in the southern part of the state.
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Christopher Landsea
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- meteorologist
- Biography
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Christopher William Landsea is an American meteorologist, formerly a research meteorologist with the Hurricane Research Division of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA, and now the Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.
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Dan Nordberg
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Daniel Paul Nordberg is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He represented House District 14 from January 9, 2013, to January 8, 2018, when he resigned from office to take a job with the Small Business Administration.
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Sarah Andrews
- Years
- 1951-2019 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- geologistnovelist
- Biography
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Sarah Andrews was an American geologist and author of twelve science-based mystery novels and several short stories. Many of the novels feature "clear-thinking, straight-talking" forensic geologist Em Hansen and take place in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States. Her novels have been praised for their combination of science and detective work within the mystery genre. Andrews, her husband Damon, and son Duncan died in a plane crash in Nebraska on July 24, 2019.
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Roger A. Brady
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Roger Alan Brady is a former United States Air Force (USAF) four-star general who last served as the 33rd Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) which he also concurrently served as commander of NATO Allied Air Command, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and director of Joint Air Power Competence Center, Kalkar, Germany from January 9, 2008, to December 13, 2010. Prior to that he served as deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel from June 2004 to January 2008. As commander of USAFE, he has responsibility for USAF activities in the U.S. Africa Command theater.
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Thurman "Fum" McGraw
- Occupations
- athletics competitorAmerican football player
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Thurman "Fum" McGraw was an American football player and college athletics administrator. He played college football for the Colorado A&M Aggies—now known as the Colorado State Rams—and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981. He played for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL).
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Jon E. Swanson
- Occupations
- helicopter pilot
- Biography
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Jon Edward Swanson was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He directed the destruction of five enemy bunkers and two anti-aircraft positions before being shot down in Cambodia. His actions were recognized over 30 years later, when his family received the Medal of Honor posthumously from President George W. Bush in 2002.
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Bruce Holland Rogers
- Occupations
- essayistnovelistwriterscience fiction writerpoet
- Biography
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Bruce Holland Rogers is an American author of short fiction who also writes under the pseudonym Hanovi Braddock. He writes in several genres including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, and experimental. His stories have won a Pushcart Prize, two Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Award, two World Fantasy Awards, the Micro Award, and have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and Spain's Premio Ignotus.
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J. Wayne Reitz
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Julius Wayne Reitz was an American agricultural economist, professor and university president. Reitz was a native of Kansas, and earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in his chosen field. After working as an agricultural economist, university professor and U.S. government agricultural administrator, Reitz was selected to be the fifth president of the University of Florida, serving from 1955 until 1967.
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Joann Ginal
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019.
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Dee Mewbourne
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Dee Leon Mewbourne is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as 16th deputy commander of United States Transportation Command between July 2, 2019 and June 29, 2022.
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Lubna Tahtamouni
- Enrolled in Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- In 2005 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Lubna Hamid Tawfiq Tahtamouni is a Jordanian biologist known for her work in developmental biology and cancer research. She is the head of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan. She has won multiple awards for her work on breast cancer, and is known as an advocate for allowing young women in the Arab world to choose a career in science. In 2016, she was named one of BBC's 100 Women.
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Angie Paccione
- Occupations
- basketball playerpolitician
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Angela Veronica "Angie" Paccione is an American politician and former Colorado legislator who was a 2006 Congressional candidate.
