100 Notable alumni of
Eastern Michigan University
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Eastern Michigan University is 776th in the world, 287th in North America, and 266th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Eastern Michigan 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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Jeff Daniels
- Occupations
- film directormusicianvoice actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jeffrey Warren Daniels is an American actor. He is known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony Awards.
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Akkineni Nagarjuna
- Occupations
- actorfilm producer
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Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a recipient of two National Film Awards for Ninne Pelladata (1996) and Annamayya (1997). Nagarjuna has also won ten Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.
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John Harvey Kellogg
- Occupations
- physicianinventornutritionistbusinessperson
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John Harvey Kellogg was an American businessman, inventor, physician, and advocate of the Progressive Movement. He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, founded by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It combined aspects of a European spa, a hydrotherapy institution, a hospital and high-class hotel. Kellogg treated the rich and famous, as well as the poor who could not afford other hospitals. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, his "development of dry breakfast cereals was largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry, with the founding and the culmination of the global conglomeration brand of Kellogg's (now Kellanova)."
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S. Epatha Merkerson
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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S. Epatha Merkerson is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010, appearing in 388 episodes of the series. She is also known for playing Reba the Mail Lady on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Sharon Goodwin in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med since the series premiered in November 2015 (and in crossover appearances on Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.).
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Dann Florek
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
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Ezekial Dann Florek is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his role as New York City Police Captain Donald Cragen on NBC's Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Dave Meyer on L.A. Law (1988–1993).
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Antonio Gates
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Antonio Ethan Gates is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers during his entire career in the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro Bowl eight times and was a six-time All-Pro selection. He retired on January 14, 2020, after 16 years with the Chargers. On February 6, 2025, Gates was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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George Gervin
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Studied in 1970-1972
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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George Gervin, nicknamed "the Iceman", is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, in 1996 Gervin was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and in 2021, Gervin was named as one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.
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Earl Boykins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Earl Antoine Boykins is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the UTEP Miners. He played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. Standing at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) in height, Boykins is the second-shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and overseas in Italy.
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Greg Mathis
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Gregory Ellis Mathis, also known as Judge Mathis, is an American former court judge for Michigan's 36th District, who is now a television court show arbitrator, author, television producer, and motivational speaker.
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Zach Gowen
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Zachary Mark "Zach" Gowen is an American professional wrestler and promoter. Gowen competed for World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Terry Collins
- Occupations
- baseball managerbaseball player
- Biography
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Terry Lee Collins is an American former professional baseball manager. He managed the Houston Astros, the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets in Major League Baseball and the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He currently serves as a baseball analyst for Mets programming on SNY.
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Winsor McCay
- Occupations
- science fiction writerscreenwritercartoonistanimatorfilm producer
- Biography
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Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–1914; 1924–1927) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.
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Michael Bailey Smith
- Occupations
- businesspersonstunt performerfilm actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Michael Bailey Smith is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, a Grimlock leader and Shax.
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Alysha Newman
- Occupations
- pole vaulter
- Biography
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Alysha Eveline Newman is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. She is 2024 Summer Olympics bronze medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion, and holds both the Canadian national and Commonwealth Games records in the women's pole vault. Newman represented Canada at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This marked her as the first Canadian woman to medal in pole vaulting at the Olympics. Her vault of 4.85 meters also set a new Canadian national record.
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Charlie Batch
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Charles D'Donte Batch is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Michigan Eagles. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft and played 15 seasons in the NFL, most of it as a backup with his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he earned two Super Bowl rings (Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII).
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George Allen
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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George Herbert Allen was an American football coach. He served as the head coach for two teams in the National Football League (NFL), the Los Angeles Rams from 1966 to 1970 and the Washington Redskins from 1971 to 1977. Allen led his teams to winning records in all 12 of his seasons as an NFL head coach, compiling an overall regular-season record of 116–47–5. Seven of his teams qualified for the NFL playoffs, including the 1972 Washington Redskins, who reached Super Bowl VII, losing to Don Shula's Miami Dolphins. Allen made a brief return as head coach of the Rams in 1978, but was fired before the regular season commenced.
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Kenshiro Matsunami
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenshiro Matsunami is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Izumisano, Osaka, he attended Nippon Sport Science University, Eastern Michigan University and Nihon University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005 and served until 2009 as a member of the LDP.
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T. J. Lang
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Thomas John Lang is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Michigan Eagles and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL draft. Lang was a member of the Packers' Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, and also played for the Detroit Lions.
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Kevin Saunderson
- Occupations
- club DJdisc jockeycomposerrecord producer
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Kevin Maurice Saunderson is an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer. He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as the Belleville Three, who are often credited to being among the pioneers and originators of techno: in particular this act helped define Detroit techno, the earliest style of this music genre. Born in New York, at the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where at Belleville High School he befriended the other members of the trio.
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Bob Welch
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Lynn Welch was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1978–87) and Oakland Athletics (1988–94). Prior to his professional career, he attended Eastern Michigan University, where he played college baseball for the Eastern Michigan Hurons baseball team. He helped lead the Hurons, coached by Ron Oestrike, to the 1976 College World Series, losing to Arizona in the Championship Game.
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Matt Shoemaker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew David Shoemaker is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, and Minnesota Twins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants. Prior to beginning his professional career, he played college baseball at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Shoemaker has also competed for the United States national baseball team.
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John Heffron
- Occupations
- comedian
- Biography
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John Heffron is an American stand-up comic.
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Hasely Crawford
- Occupations
- athletics competitorsprinter
- Biography
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Hasely Joachim Crawford TC, OLY is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion. Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, was renamed in his honour in 2001.
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Stan Heath
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Stanley Heath III is an American basketball coach currently serving as the head coach for Eastern Michigan. Heath formerly served as head coach at the University of South Florida, the University of Arkansas and Kent State University, the latter of whom he led to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA basketball tournament. He led all three programs to at least one NCAA tournament.
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Jamie Nieto
- Occupations
- film actorathletics competitor
- Biography
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Jamie Earl "James" Nieto is an American high jumper and actor.
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Eduardito Maruri
- Occupations
- businesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Eduardo Maruri Miranda is an Ecuadorian businessman and creative leader who is currently President & CEO Europe, as well as Vice President of the Global Creative Board, at Grey Global Group. His latest achievements include being named Campaign Magazine’s EMEA Agency Head of the Year 2020 and being appointed Goals Jury President at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity ‘20/21.
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Rodney E. Slater
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rodney Earl Slater is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Prior to being appointed to the Clinton Cabinet, Slater served as the administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 1993 to 1997.
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Mick Pennisi
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Alfio Pennisi is an Australian-Filipino former professional basketball player. After playing for the Townsville Suns/Crocodiles of the Australian NBL during the 1990s, Pennisi moved to the Philippines in 2000 and played the rest of his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Charles Kettles
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Charles Seymour Kettles was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and a Medal of Honor recipient.
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Royal S. Copeland
- Occupations
- politicianphysicianhomeopath
- Biography
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Royal Samuel Copeland, a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York (as a Democrat).
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Chris Roberson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Christopher William Roberson is an American-born Mexican former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2006 to 2007. He was drafted by the Phillies in the 9th round of the 2001 MLB Draft.
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Loren D. Estleman
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Loren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He is known for a series of crime novels featuring the investigator Amos Walker.
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Leon Wagner
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Leon Lamar Wagner was an American professional baseball left fielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1958–1959, 1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1960), Los Angeles Angels (1961–1963), Cleveland Indians (1964–1968), and Chicago White Sox (1968). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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Andy Mulumba
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Andy Leon Mulumba Kabaluapa is a Congolese-Canadian former professional football linebacker. He played college football for Eastern Michigan. He was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers second overall in the 2013 CFL Draft but subsequently signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent.
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David Petersen
- Occupations
- comics artist
- Biography
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David Petersen is an American comic book creator best known for the series Mouse Guard.
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Norm Parker
- Occupations
- coach
- Biography
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Norm Parker was an American football coach. He was the defensive coordinator of the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1999 to 2011.
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David Curson
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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David Alan Curson was an American union representative and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 11th congressional district. He is known for having one of the shortest terms in congressional history. Curson defeated Kerry Bentivolio in a special election to replace former Representative Thaddeus McCotter, who resigned in the summer of 2012, and served less than two months. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Curson was a representative for the United Auto Workers.
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Charles E. Potter
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Studied in 1938
- Occupations
- bureaucratpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Edward Potter was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
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Edward P. Allen
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Studied in 1864
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Payson Allen was an American Civil War veteran and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891.
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Sterling Sharp
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Sterling Barksdale Sharp is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Lake Country DockHounds of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins.
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Hayes Jones
- Occupations
- politicianathletics competitor
- Biography
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Hayes Wendell Jones is an American former athlete, winner of the 110 m hurdles event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Starkville, Mississippi.
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Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Gervin-Hawkins is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 120th District. She defeated incumbent Laura Thompson, an independent, in the November 2016 general election.
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Adam Hess
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Adam Hess is an American-German retired professional basketball player who last played for Phoenix Hagen in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga. He previously played for ratiopharm Ulm. After graduating from William & Mary in 2004, Hess began his career overseas with ČEZ Nymburk in the Czech Republic's National Basketball League. In his two seasons with the team, he was named an All-Star and his team won league championships. Hess has acquired German citizenship and is eligible to play for German national teams if he chooses.
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Bob Owchinko
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Dennis Owchinko is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played all or parts of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Initially drafted by the San Diego Padres, he played for five teams during the 1980s. During his career, he worked as both a starter and relief pitcher.
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Donald Scott
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Donald Douglas Scott is an American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. Scott earned bronze medal in triple jump at 2022 World Indoor Championships. He holds a wind-aided personal best of 17.74 m ( 58 ft 2+1⁄4 in), set in 2019. He equalled that mark, to win the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He is a 2017 and 2019 U.S. Indoor Triple Jump Champion and a 2018 U.S. Outdoor Champion. Scott is a third-year volunteer coach (since 2015) at Eastern Michigan University.
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Fred Warren Green
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Fred Warren Green was an American politician who served as the 31st governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931, and he was the mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 to 1916. Active in athletics during his time as a student at Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University), and at the University of Michigan, Green earned a varsity letter playing for the Michigan State Normal football team in 1895 and is credited as the team's head coach during the 1896 season in which they were declared champions of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Green served as a delegate to the 1932 and 1936 Republican National Conventions.
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Pat Sheridan
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Patrick Arthur Sheridan is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four different teams, primarily as an outfielder, between 1981 and 1991.
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Jose Ramirez
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jose Ramirez is an American professional football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Eastern Michigan.
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Rufus T. Bush
- Occupations
- school teacher
- Biography
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Rufus Ter Bush was an American businessman, industrialist, and yachtsman. His notable testimony against Standard Oil's monopolistic practices through railroad rebates left a lasting impression, while the 1887 transatlantic ocean race of his sailing yacht Coronet and his subsequent circumnavigation on the same yacht evoked much interest in the national press.
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Andrew Blackbird
- Occupations
- historianwriter
- Biography
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Andrew Jackson Blackbird, also known as Makade-binesi ("Black Hawk"), was an Odawa (Ottawa) tribe leader and historian. He was author of the 1887 book, History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan.
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Jake Boss
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jacob Boss Jr. is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Michigan State Spartans. He played college baseball at Alma College for head coach Bill Klenk from 1990 to 1993. He then served as the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles in 2008.
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Ronald Batory
- Biography
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Ronald L. Batory is an American railroad industry executive who served as the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration from 2018 to 2021. Batory has over 45 years of leadership experience in the railroad industry, including serving as president and chief operating officer of Consolidated Rail Corporation and as president of the Belt Railway of Chicago. According to a 2012 Fred Frailey article, "all Ronald Batory has ever wanted to do is work for a railroad."
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Gary Reed
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Gary Reed was an American comic book writer, and the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and published early work by many popular creators. Reed wrote over 200 comics and graphic novels, sometimes under assumed names (including Kyle Garrett, Brent Truax, and Randall Thayer). He was also Vice President of McFarlane Toys when the company launched in 1993. His comics writing credits include Saint Germaine, Baker Street and Deadworld. In addition to comics, Reed wrote a role-playing game for Palladium and wrote some of the storyline scenarios for Final Fight: Streetwise for Capcom.
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John G. Coburn
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General John Gordon Coburn is the former CEO of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), a global company, which he joined in November 2001 and grew from 61 million dollars to 1.3 billion dollars. He relinquished this role in December 2018, and now serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the VT Systems Advisory Board. Prior to joining VT Systems, he served as the Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command. He assumed the duties of Commanding General on 14 May 1999, and retired from the army in 2001. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Army, Pentagon. He also served as the 26th Chief of Ordnance for the United States Army Ordnance Corps.
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Elizabeth Wells Gallup
- Years
- 1848-1934 (aged 86)
- Occupations
- journalistliterary critic
- Biography
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Elizabeth Wells Gallup was an American educator and exponent of the Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship.
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Marilyn Jean Kelly
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 87)
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Marilyn Jean Kelly is an American jurist. She was elected to two terms both on the Michigan Court of Appeals and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Due to her being over 70 years old, Kelly was prohibited by the Michigan Constitution to seek re-election in 2012.
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John Hammink
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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John Hammink is an American engineer, musician, artist and linguist.
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Fred Durhal III
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fred Durhal III is an American politician who serves as a member of the Detroit City Council. Durhal served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 5th District from 2015 to 2019. Durhal succeeded his father, Fred Durhal, Jr., in the House.
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Chuku Wachuku
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Chuku Wachuku //, a royal prince of Ngwaland, is a United States educated Nigerian economist, politician, statesman, servant leader, business analyst, management expert and specialist on entrepreneurship development and SMEs: Small and Medium Enterprises. He is first Director-General of Ngwa origin at Federal Government of Nigeria major parastatal; NDE: National Directorate of Employment.
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Carl Pursell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carl Duane Pursell was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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Jeremy Porter
- Occupations
- guitaristsinger-songwritersongwriter
- Biography
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Jeremy Porter is a guitar player, singer and songwriter from Marquette, Michigan, currently living in Plymouth, Michigan. He is the founder of the Detroit-based band Jeremy Porter & The Tucos and co-founder of The Regulars, considered one of the first punk bands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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John Martin
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Robert Martin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
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Dennis M. Hertel
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Dennis Mark Hertel is an American politician and lawyer from Michigan. From 1981 to 1993, he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Lucille F. Stickel
- Occupations
- zoologisttoxicologistchemist
- Biography
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Elizabeth Lucille Farrier Stickel, was an American wildlife toxicologist and director of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center from 1972 to 1982. Her research focused extensively on contaminants in wildlife ecosystems, and her research on the effects of the pesticide DDT helped form the basis for Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. She was also the first woman to become both a senior scientist as a civil servant of the US government and to be director for a national research laboratory.
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John Hieftje
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Hieftje is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hieftje began his political career in 1999, when he was elected to the city council for Ann Arbor's 1st Ward as a Democrat. He was first as Mayor in 2000, and was re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
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Rick Baccus
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Rick Baccus is a retired Army National Guard Brigadier General. Baccus received a regular Army commission in 1974 as an Infantry Officer through the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program and immediately entered active duty. He is most noted for commanding the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002.
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Pam Stephenson
- Years
- 1951-2024 (aged 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pamela Sturdivant Stephenson was an American politician from Georgia. Stephenson was a Democratic member of Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 90th district, which includes parts of DeKalb and Rockdale counties. On September 10, 2020, Stephenson's daughter submitted a resignation on her behalf due to dementia.
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Ronald DeVore
- Enrolled in Eastern Michigan University
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ronald Alvin DeVore is an American mathematician and academic. He is the Walter E. Koss Professor and a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. DeVore is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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Barry MacKenzie
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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John Barry MacKenzie is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played for Canada at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, winning one bronze medal in 1968, as well as in three World Championships, winning a further two more bronzes. He would also play 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars during the 1968–69 season.
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Éric Deslauriers
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Éric Deslauriers is the Senior Director of Player Personnel for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). As a player, he played professionally as a Canadian football slotback who played his entire nine-year career with the Alouettes where he was part of two Grey Cup champion teams. He played college football at Eastern Michigan University.
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David T Provost
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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David T. Provost is a retired businessman and the former vice chairman of TCF Financial Corporation.
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Peter Ezugwu
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu // is an English business person and former professional basketball player.
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Mickey Weston
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Lee "Mickey" Weston is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched for five years in the major leagues and currently ministers to youth through baseball at UPI. Weston serves as team chaplain for the Chicago White Sox through Baseball Chapel.
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Alfred Lucking
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alfred Lucking was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was general counsel for the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford interests.
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Earle Higgins
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Earle Brent Higgins is a retired professional basketball power forward who spent one season in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Indiana Pacers during the 1970–71 season. He played at Casper College in Wyoming and then moved on to Eastern Michigan University. He was drafted from Eastern Michigan University during the third round of the 1970 NBA draft by the San Francisco Warriors, but he did not play for them. He is the father of National Basketball Association (NBA) player Sean Higgins.
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Frank W. Wheeler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Willis Wheeler was a shipbuilder and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Munther Dajani Daoudi
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Munther Suleiman Dajani Daoudi is Dean at Al Quds Bard Honors College and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem and Director of the Issam Sartawi Center for the Advancement of Peace and Democracy. He is also the co-founder of the Wasatiyya ("Moderation") a movement committed to finding alternatives to extremism on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has written extensively on Palestinian issues, as well as on economics and democracy. Between 1996 and 1997, he served as the Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Economy and Trade. Subsequently, he assumed the role of Director of Research at the Palestinian Centre for Regional Studies.
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Jackie Jenkins-Scott
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Jackie Jenkins-Scott is the current interim president of Roxbury Community College. She formerly served as the 13th president of Wheelock College from 2004–2016, and was its first African-American president. She is also the founder and president of JJS Advising, a consulting company that specializes in leadership development as well as organizational and corporate strategy.
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Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
- Occupations
- ice dancerfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Logan Giulietti-Schmitt is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Lynn Kriengkrairut, he is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champion and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist.
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Patrick H. Kelley
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Patrick Henry Kelley was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district from 1915 to 1923.
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Elton Rynearson
- Occupations
- basketball coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Elton James Rynearson Sr. was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was affiliated with Eastern Michigan University (known as Michigan State Normal College prior to 1956) for most of his life, beginning his association with the school as a student in 1910 and retiring as the school's athletic director in 1963.
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Jesse Divnich
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jesse Divnich is the current Vice President of Product at Hibernum Creations and former Vice President of Product Strategy & Insights at Tilting Point as well as the former Vice President of Insights and Analysis for Electronic Entertainment Design and Research.
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Danny Schmitz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Danny Schmitz is an American baseball coach and former second baseman. He played college baseball at Eastern Michigan for coach Ron Oestrike from 1974 to 1977 before playing professionally from 1977 to 1984. He then served as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan before becoming the head baseball coach of the Bowling Green Falcons (1991–2020).
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Trish Brown
- Occupations
- entrepreneurjournalistopinion journalist
- Biography
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Patricia "Trish" Brown is a national education advocate, public relations practitioner, journalist, and entrepreneur.
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Henry F. Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry Franklin Thomas was an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897
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Johnny Sears Jr
- Occupations
- Canadian football playergridiron football player
- Biography
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Johnny Sears Jr. is an American former football defensive back who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at the University of Michigan, followed by Eastern Michigan. He wore jersey number 0.
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Roy Parmelee
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Leroy Earl Parmelee was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1929 to 1939 for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Athletics.
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Tenisha Yancey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tenisha Renee Yancey formerly served as a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, where she represented the 1st House District.
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William W. Chalmers
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- politician
- Biography
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William Wallace Chalmers was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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William H. Hinebaugh
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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William Henry Hinebaugh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Owen Cleary
- Years
- 1900-1960 (aged 60)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Owen Jenks Cleary was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Glenn Goerke
- Biography
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Glenn Allan Goerke was an American academic who was President/Chancellor of the University of Houston, the University of Houston–Clear Lake, the University of Houston–Victoria, and Indiana University East. Goerke also served as an interim chancellor of the University of Houston System. He held an undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University, and a doctorate from Michigan State University.
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Marvin B. Rosenberry
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- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Marvin Bristol Rosenberry was an American lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the 13th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and was the longest-serving chief justice in the court's history, having served nearly 21 years in the role.
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Bill Crouch
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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William Elmer Crouch was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1939), Philadelphia Phillies (1941), and St. Louis Cardinals (1941 and 1945). The 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 180 lb (82 kg) right-hander was a native of Wilmington, Delaware.
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Arthur F. Lederle
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Arthur F. Lederle was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Nancy Jane Dean
- Occupations
- teachermissionary
- Biography
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Nancy Jane Dean, often referred to as Jennie Dean or N. J. Dean, was an American educator and Presbyterian missionary serving Assyrian Christians in Qajar Iran (now Iran). She served as the head of Fiske Seminary, a girls' boarding school in Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province.
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Leland W. Carr
- Years
- 1883-1969 (aged 86)
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Leland Walker Carr was an American jurist.
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Dwight Watson
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Dwight Grant Watson was an American college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University) during the 1899 college football season. He was also involved in the telephone industry in its early years, serving as manager of the Michigan Telephone Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and as the general manager of the Van Buren County Telephone Company in the years prior to his death.
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Mei-Ching Fok
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Mei-Ching Hannah Fok is a research space physicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. She was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2011 and elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2019. She has worked on the IMAGE, Van Allen Probes and TWINS missions.
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Foss O. Eldred
- Years
- 1884-1956 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Foss O. Eldred was Attorney General of Michigan in 1946 when he was appointed to fill out an unexpired term. He also held many other political offices.
