23 Notable alumni of
DeVry University - Illinois
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DeVry University - Illinois is 2258th in the world, 776th in North America, and 732nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from DeVry University - Illinois sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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George Weah
- Occupations
- association football playerpolitician
- Biography
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George Manneh Oppong Weah is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who served as the 25th president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. Before his election for the presidency, Weah served as senator from Montserrado County. He played as a striker in his prolific 18-year professional football career which ended in 2003. Weah is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state, and the only African Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner in history, winning both awards in 1995. He won the African Footballer of the Year 3 times and is considered one of the greatest strikers ever.
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David Crane
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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David Crane is an American video game designer and programmer. Crane grew up fascinated by technology and went to DeVry Institute of Technology. Following college, he went to Silicon Valley and got his first job at National Semiconductor. Through his friend Alan Miller he learned about potential video game design work at Atari, Inc. and began work there in 1977.
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Adeline Gray
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Adeline Maria Gray is an American freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 76 kilograms. She is a six-time world champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and a two-time Olympian (2016, 2020), having won her first medal, a silver, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first American woman to win back-to-back wrestling world titles since Tricia Saunders in 1998 and 1999. She is also the first American woman wrestler to win six world championships.
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Chris Mazdzer
- Occupations
- luger
- Biography
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Christopher Mazdzer is a retired American luger. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 13th on both occasions. At the 2018 Winter Olympics Mazdzer won the silver medal in the Men's Single Luge, becoming the first U.S. men's singles luge medalist and the first and currently only non-European to win a medal in that event. Mazdzer announced his retirement from luge on December 4, 2023 on Instagram.
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Bolanle Ninalowo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Bolanle NinalowoListen, also known as Nino, is a Nigerian actor and film producer.
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Kevin Bickner
- Occupations
- ski jumper
- Biography
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Kevin Bickner is an American ski jumper. He is the current national record holder, with 244.5 metres (802 ft) set in Vikersund on 19 March 2017.
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Modupe Ozolua
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Modupe Ozolua is a Lebanese-Nigerian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur. She was the CEO of Body Enhancement Ltd and is the founding president of Empower 54 Project Initiatives (Empower 54) formerly known as Body Enhancement Annual Reconstructive Surgery (BEARS) Foundation.
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Ada Milby
- Occupations
- soldierrugby union playersports executive
- Biography
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Ada Lacia Milby is a Filipino-American rugby player who plays for the Philippine national women's team. She is also the first female member of the World Rugby Council. Ada is the first woman to be appointed to the World Rugby Council, in 2017 she serves on the Regions Committee and Rugby Committee; and she is also a member of the Asia Rugby EXCO since 2016. She heads the Women Advisory Committee and serves on the Admin and Finance Committee. She is now also the President of Philippine Rugby Football Union, being on the board since 2013.
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J. D. Mesnard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Javan Daniel "J. D." Mesnard is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 13 since 2023. He previously represented District 17 from 2019 to 2023.
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Steve Cartwright
- Occupations
- designer
- Biography
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Steve Cartwright is an American video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers, credited with such games as Barnstorming, Megamania, Seaquest and Hacker.
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Jeffrey Melvoin
- Occupations
- screenwritershowrunnertelevision producer
- Biography
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Jeff Melvoin is an American television writer, producer, and educator. He has written dozens and produced hundreds of one-hour episodes on over a dozen television series.
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Catherine Ablema Afeku
- Enrolled in DeVry University - Illinois
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration in management
- Occupations
- marketerpolitician
- Biography
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Catherine Ablema Afeku is a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Evalue Gwira Constituency in the Western Region. She was a cabinet minister in the Nana Akuffo-Addo administration and served as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts of Ghana from February 2017 to February 2019.
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Michael A. Jackson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Angelo Jackson is a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 27 in Calvert, Charles and Prince George's counties. Jackson was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 27B in Calvert and Prince George's counties from January 2015 to January 2021. Jackson is also the former Sheriff of Prince George's County, Maryland.
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Susan Ralston
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Susan Bonzon Ralston, is public relations and business consultant. Ralston was formerly Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and a deputy to Karl Rove, the Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at the White House, from 2001 until her resignation in 2006.
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Dave Bennett
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Dave Bennett is an American software engineer. Most recently, he was the CTO of Axway, as well as a board member of Axway NA.
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Mavis Nkansah Boadu
- Enrolled in DeVry University - Illinois
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration in business management
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Mavis Nkansah Boadu is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of parliament for Afigya Sekyere East constituency in the Ashanti Region in the 7th and 8th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
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Alice McKennis
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Alice McKennis Duran is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specializes in downhill and Super-G speed events.
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Keaton McCargo
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Keaton McCargo is an American freestyle skier. She has been selected to compete in moguls for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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Dean Fisher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dean C. Fisher has a Bachelor of Electronics Engineering Technology and has been an Iowa State Representative for the Republican Party of Iowa from the 53rd District since 2013.
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Ken Mora
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- animatorscreenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Kenneth Oscar Mora is an American graphic novel publisher, screenplay writer, director, producer, and voice actor. In film, he is best known for creating the animated shorts entitled Magnum Farce: (2009, 2011) and the mixed-media Your Face Global Jam (2017). In publishing, Mora is creator/producer of the serialized Comic Book and subsequent Graphic Novel biography of Caravaggio Caravaggio: A Light Before The Darkness (2015,2019). Mora is also executive producer of Adventures in Plymptoons (2012) the official biographical documentary of animator Bill Plympton, and associate producer of Revengeance (2017) the feature animated film by Plympton and Jim Lujan.
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Alys Williams
- Occupations
- water polo playerswimmer
- Biography
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Alys Nicole Williams is an American water polo player. She is a member of the United States women's national water polo team, and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal.
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Adam Loomis
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skier
- Biography
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Adam Loomis is an American Nordic combined skier and ultramarathon runner. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He competed for the US Nordic Combined Team for 7 seasons.
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Detrick DeBurr
- Enrolled in DeVry University - Illinois
- 1993-1997 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- entrepreneurwriter
- Biography
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Detrick DeBurr is an American entrepreneur, author, and computer/website specialist. He rose to prominence with Deal Us In! How Black America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy and Build Gamified Websites with PHP and JQuery. He is a co-founder of Game Time Giving. Prior to this, he was Founder/CEO of Digital Rhythm Inc., an IT service provider based in Dallas, Texas, USA.
