16 Notable alumni of
East Central University
East Central University is 2245th in the world, 800th in North America, and 755th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from East Central 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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Todd Graham
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Michael Todd Graham is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2020–2021). Graham has served as the head football coach at Rice University (2006), the University of Tulsa (2007–2010), the University of Pittsburgh (2011), and Arizona State University (2012–2017).
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Paul Waner
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most notably playing his first 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The greatest Pirate outfielder up to his retirement, he won the 1927 NL Most Valuable Player Award in his second season, collecting a team record 237 hits that year. Waner set the team record for doubles in a season three times, including 1932, when he set the NL record for doubles in a season with 62. In the only postseason appearance of his career, he hit.333 in the Pirates' 1927 World Series loss against the New York Yankees. Waner won three National League (NL) batting titles, led the NL in hits twice and collected over 200 hits in eight seasons from 1926 to 1934.
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B. Kevin Turner
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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B. Kevin Turner is an American businessman and investor who is currently the chairman of Zayo Group and the vice chairman of Albertsons/Safeway Inc. From 2016 to 2017, he was the vice chairman of Citadel LLC and CEO of Citadel Securities. Prior to joining Citadel LLC, Turner served as the COO of Microsoft from 2005 to 2016. Turner came to Microsoft from Walmart in 2005. During his nearly 20 years at Walmart, Turner rose through the ranks from a store cashier to eventually becoming the company's global CIO and later CEO of Sam's Club, a $37 billion division of Walmart.
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Robert S. Kerr
- Enrolled in East Central University
- Studied in 1911
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Samuel Kerr was an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th governor of Oklahoma from 1943 to 1947 and was elected three times to the United States Senate. Kerr worked natural resources, and his legacy includes water projects that link the Arkansas River via the Gulf of Mexico. He was the first Oklahoma governor born in the territory of the state.
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Ernest W. McFarland
- Enrolled in East Central University
- Studied in 1914
- Occupations
- directorclerkpoliticianbank tellerlawyer
- Biography
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Ernest William McFarland was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill". He served in all three branches of government, two at the state level, one at the federal level. He was a Democratic U.S. senator from Arizona from 1941 to 1953 (Majority Leader from 1951 to 1953) before becoming the tenth governor of Arizona from 1955 to 1959. Finally, McFarland sat as chief justice on the Arizona Supreme Court in 1968.
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George Nigh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George Patterson Nigh is an American politician and civic leader from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies in the governor's office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while serving as lieutenant governor.
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Gil Morgan
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.
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Bill Anoatubby
- Occupations
- governor
- Biography
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Billy Joe Anoatubby is the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, a position he has held since 1987. From 1979 to 1987, Anoatubby served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation in the administration of Governor Overton James, after being popularly elected to office.
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Kenneth Hite
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- role-playing game designergame designerwriterpodcaster
- Biography
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Kenneth Hite is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of Trail of Cthulhu and Night's Black Agents role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of Vampire: the Masquerade.
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Lyle Boren
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lyle Hagler Boren was a U.S. Democratic Party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma, serving from 1937 to 1947 and was defeated for renomination in the 1946 election. He was known for his independence in the party, opposing labor union strikes on defense plants and attempts to expand the federal government.
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Larry Nemecek
- Occupations
- writeractor
- Biography
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Larry Nemecek is an American writer, speaker and host best known for his work in various capacities regarding the Star Trek franchise.
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Justin Humphrey
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Justin J. J. Humphrey is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. A Republican, he is a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing state House District 19. He lives in Lane, Oklahoma, in the southeastern part of the state. He was re-elected by default in 2020.
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Joe Dickinson
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Joe Dickinson is an American football coach and former player. Most notably, he served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Northern Illinois from 1991 to 1995, and the University of Oklahoma in 1998. Dickinson also was an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa, Marshall University, Tulane University and the University of Central Oklahoma. Dickinson is currently an NFL quarterback consultant for the Buffalo Bills and is the director of coaching and lead quarterback instructor for DeBartolo Sports University, conducting both private and group training events across the United States.
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Mark Nelson
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Mark Nelson is a gridiron football coach and a former professional Canadian football linebacker. He is the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies of U Sports. He played for seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion having won as a coach in 1993, 1996 and 2016.
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Ronald G. Sheppard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald G. Sheppard was a member of the 37th Legislature in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 28. He ran against the District 28 Incumbent Ryan Kiesel in 2008 but lost.
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Chuck Hall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles R. Hall is an American politician and banker, who is a member of the Oklahoma Senate. He had been prominently involved in the local politics of his hometown, Perry, Oklahoma, of which he was also mayor from 2007 to 2013.
