18 Notable alumni of
Eastern New Mexico University
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Eastern New Mexico University is 2007th in the world, 686th in North America, and 644th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Eastern New Mexico 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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Ronny Cox
- Occupations
- singer-songwriteractor
- Biography
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Daniel Ronald Cox is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in numerous films and television series since his acting debut in Deliverance (1972). He is best known for his roles in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), RoboCop (1987), and Total Recall (1990). He is also active as a musician, performing over 100 times per year at festivals and theaters as of 2012.
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Steven Michael Quezada
- Occupations
- television actorwritercomedianactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Steven Michael Quezada is an American actor, comedian and politician. He played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Steven Gomez, the level-headed partner of Hank Schrader, in the AMC series Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013 and reprised his role in its spin-off, Better Call Saul during season 5. As a touring comedian Quezada has headlined at The Laugh Factory and George Lopez's Punchliner Comedy Club for Carnival Cruise Line, he has a 2022 comedy special on Amazon Prime titled The New Mexican and, in December 2023, he opened Quezada’s Comedy Club and Cantina in Santa Ana Star Casino.
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Michael Blake
- Occupations
- writernovelistnon-fiction writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Michael Lennox Blake was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Dana Altman
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Dana Dean Altman is an American college basketball coach of the Oregon Ducks men's team. Previously he was head coach at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. He has been awarded a Coach of the Year Award for each team that he has coached in the NCAA to go with ten conference tournament championships and seven regular season titles while reaching the NCAA tournament sixteen times; he led the Ducks to the Final Four in 2017, which was their first as a program since 1939.
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Jack Williamson
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writerwriter
- Biography
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John Stewart Williamson was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund.
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Mark Fox
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Mark Leslie Fox is a men's college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky. Fox was previously the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack from 2004–2009, the Georgia Bulldogs from 2009–2018, and the California Golden Bears from 2019–2023. He served the 2023–24 season as the Director of Student-Athlete Relations and NIL Partnerships for the Georgetown Hoyas.
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Steve Pearce
- Enrolled in Eastern New Mexico University
- In 1991 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- podcasterbusinesspersonmilitary officerpolitician
- Biography
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Stevan Edward Pearce is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and was his party's unsuccessful nominee in the 2008 U.S Senate election and the 2018 gubernatorial election.
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Isaiah Murphy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shinsaku Enomoto, also known as Isaiah Murphy (アイザイア・マーフィー, Aizaia Māfī), is a Japanese professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League.
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Daryush Shokof
- Occupations
- film directoractorphilosopherpainterhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Daryush Shokof is an Iranian writer, film director, artist and film producer based in Germany. His first feature film was Seven Servants which featured Anthony Quinn in one of his last roles.
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Katherine D. Ortega
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Katherine Dávalos Ortega is a former politician who was the 38th Treasurer of the United States. She served from September 26, 1983 to July 1, 1989 under Presidents Ronald Reagan and then George H. W. Bush. Ortega also has the distinction of being the first female bank president in the state of California.
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Ed Foreman
- Occupations
- motivational speakerbusinesspersoncivil engineerpolitician
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Edgar Franklin Foreman Jr. was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served one term representing Texas's 16th congressional district from 1963 to 1965 and a second term from 1969 to 1971 representing New Mexico's 2nd district, then newly established. He is the most historically recent member of Congress to have represented more than one state during their career.
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Larry Harris
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Larry D. Harris served as the general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks from 2003 until March 19, 2008. He currently serves as the assistant general manager and director of player personnel for the Golden State Warriors.
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Anthony Bardon
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Anthony Michael Bardon is a football coach and former player. A central midfielder, he played for the Gibraltar national football team and at club level for Lincoln Red Imps.
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Don Carthel
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Donald Ray Carthel is an American football coach. He is an assistant coach in charge special teams quality control at Stephen F. Austin State University. Carthel served as head football coach at Lubbock Christian College—now Lubbock Christian University—from 1981 to 1982, Eastern New Mexico University from 1985 to 1991, and West Texas A&M University from 2005 to 2012, compiling a career college football coaching record of 124–69–1. He is also the father of Stephen F. Austins' head football coach, Colby Carthel.
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Juan Babauta
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Juan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14, 2002, to January 9, 2006.
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Larry Hays
- Occupations
- baseball playersoftball coachbasketball coach
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Larry Hays is an American college baseball, basketball, and softball coach. He was the head baseball coach at Lubbock Christian University and Texas Tech University (1987–2008). He was also the head coach of the LCU Chaparrals basketball (1969–1975, 1978–1980), LCU Lady Chaps basketball (1982–83), LCU Lady Chaps softball (2010) teams and previously served as the LCU athletic director (1979–1987).
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John Block
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 29)
- Enrolled in Eastern New Mexico University
- In 2020 graduated with master's degree in business administration
- Occupations
- assistantpoliticianbloggeranti-abortion activistintern
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John Block is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 51st district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 1, 2023. Block is the founder and editor of The Piñon Post, a conservative news and political commentary online newspaper and media outlet based in New Mexico.
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Harry Miller
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Harry Eugene Miller was an American college basketball coach. He spent 34 years as a head coach for Western State (now Western Colorado University), Fresno State, Eastern New Mexico, North Texas, Wichita State and Stephen F. Austin.
