29 Notable alumni of
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
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The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is 2012th in the world, 687th in North America, and 645th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sharon Stone
- Enrolled in the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Studied creative writing and fine art
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 (Commander in 2021).
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Dave Filoni
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterdirectorvoice actoranimator
- Biography
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David Filoni is an American director, producer, and screenwriter currently serving as the president and chief creative officer (CCO) of Lucasfilm. Widely considered the creative protégé of George Lucas, and often described as his "Padawan", Filoni was personally hired and mentored by Lucas for nearly a decade. He is viewed as the "torchbearer" for Lucas's original vision of the Star Wars franchise, with Lucas having intended for Filoni to remain a central creative pillar following the studio's sale to The Walt Disney Company.
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Josh Koscheck
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
- Biography
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Josh Koscheck is an American retired mixed martial artist who fought in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bellator MMA. Koscheck made his debut with the UFC on the first season of the reality television show The Ultimate Fighter as a middleweight, and had since fought for the company 25 times from 2005–2015, compiling a UFC record of 15–10 and having contended for the UFC Welterweight Championship once.
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Patrick Monahan
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwritervocalistsinger
- Biography
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Patrick Monahan is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and sole constant member of the band Train. He has also collaborated with multiple artists and has recorded a solo album, Last of Seven.
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Gregor Gillespie
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fightercollegiate wrestler
- Biography
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Gregor Gillespie is an American professional mixed martial artist and graduated collegiate wrestler who competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2012, he formerly competed for Ring of Combat where he was the Lightweight Champion.
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Trevor Harris
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Trevor Harris is an American professional football quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Edinboro University. As Edinboro's starting quarterback, he broke "every career passing record in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference" and was a two-time finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, awarded each year to the individual selected as the most valuable player in NCAA Division II.
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Sian Proctor
- Enrolled in the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in environmental science
- Occupations
- geologistpoetentrepreneurartistaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Sian Hayley "Leo" Proctor is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot and the first artist selected to go to be an astronaut on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021. As pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, Proctor became the first African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft. She was also the education outreach officer for the first Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Mission. In 2024, Proctor was selected to be a U.S. Science Envoy for the United States Department of State.
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Danny Smith
- Occupations
- American football coachcoach
- Biography
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Daniel Thomas Smith is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Kathy Dahlkemper
- Enrolled in the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- In 1982 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Kathleen Ann Dahlkemper is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected the county executive of Erie County, Pennsylvania in 2013 and served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
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LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Occupations
- curatorperformance artistuniversity teacherinstallation artistartist
- Biography
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LaToya Ruby Frazier is an American artist.
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Ryan Bizzarro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ryan A. Bizzarro is an American politician and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He has represented the 3rd district since January 2013. His district is located in Erie County and includes the townships of Millcreek and Fairview.
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Joseph Newton Pew
- Occupations
- teacherentrepreneur
- Biography
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Joseph Newton Pew was the founder of Sun Oil Company (now Sunoco) and a prominent philanthropist.
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Trevon Jenifer
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Trevon Edward Jenifer is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.
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Mike S. Zafirovski
- Enrolled in the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in mathematics
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Michael Svetozar Zafirovski is a Macedonian American business executive.
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Jeremy O'Day
- Occupations
- Canadian football playergeneral manager
- Biography
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Jeremy O'Day is an American professional football executive who is the current Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously played in the CFL as an offensive lineman. O'Day played college football at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.
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Justin Wilcox
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Justin Wilcox is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Bellator. A professional competitor since 2006, Wilcox has also competed for Strikeforce, holding a record of 5-3 (1) in the promotion.
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Mari K. Eder
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Mari K. Eder is a retired major general of the United States Army. She served as the Deputy Chief of the United States Army Reserve and Deputy Chief of United States Army Public Affairs, prior to be appointed Commanding General of the United States Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command in October 2009. She retired from the army in 2013.
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Jakim Donaldson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jakim Nestekaya Donaldson, nicknamed "The Machine", is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania before playing professionally in Portugal, Spain, Israel and France.
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Sean O'Brien
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sean O'Brien is a Judge of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio. Judge O'Brien is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 32nd district. The district includes all of Ashtabula and Trumbull counties, as well as a portion of Geauga County (including the City of Chardon; but excluding Chardon Township). O'Brien formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2016.
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Louis Cameron Hughes
- Occupations
- lawyersuffragisteditorpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Louis Cameron "L. C." Hughes was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, union organizer, and politician who served as the eleventh Governor of Arizona Territory. A Gilded Age Democrat, he was an active supporter of women's suffrage and the temperance movement.
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Tara Seibel
- Occupations
- graphic designercartoonistartist
- Biography
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Tara Seibel is an American cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator from Cleveland. Her work has been published in Chicago Newcity, Funny Times, The Austin Chronicle, Cleveland Scene, Heeb Magazine, SMITH Magazine, Mineshaft Magazine, Juxtapoz, Jewish Review of Books, Cleveland Free Times, USA Today, US Catholic, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Paris Review.
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William R. Jacobs Jr
- Occupations
- geneticistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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William R. Jacobs Jr., is a professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York, where he is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Jacobs is a specialist in the molecular genetics of Mycobacteria. His research efforts are aimed at discovering genes associated with virulence and pathogenicity in M. tuberculosis and developing attenuated strains for use as vaccines. He is a Founding Scientist at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV.
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Jack R. Anderson
- Occupations
- bandleaderconductormusic educatormusic director
- Biography
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Jack R. Anderson is a former Director of Bands at the University of Pittsburgh, serving in the role from 1995 to 2013. Before his time as director, he had served as assistant director since 1986. His responsibilities included directing Pitt's Varsity Marching Band, leading the Pep Band, and conducting the Symphonic Band. As a music educator in Pennsylvania for 37 years, including serving as Director of the award winning Keystone Oaks High School Marching Band, he has served as a guest conductor and adjudicator for PMEA throughout Western Pennsylvania.
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Mary L. Doe
- Occupations
- journalistsuffragist
- Biography
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Mary Lydia Doe was a 19th-century American suffragist, temperance reformer, teacher, and author from the U.S. state of Ohio. She served as the first president of the Michigan State Equal Suffrage Association, as well as parliamentarian of the International Label League. She was also the author of a book on parliamentary law. While still a child, she signed the temperance movement pledge under one of the original Washingtonians, later joining the Good Templars and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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Henry Alden Clark
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Henry Alden Clark was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Miles Brown Kitts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Miles Brown Kitts was a Republican mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania who served as mayor during World War I and the Roaring Twenties. He is considered to have been one of the "most colorful" mayors because he brought about great changes to Erie but, was also investigated by a grand jury in 1921 and almost was indicted.
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Milton William Shreve
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Milton William Shreve was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Merritt Eldred Hoag
- Years
- 1909-1994 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Merritt Eldred Hoag was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II as well as the 11th president of North Georgia College (now known as the University of North Georgia).
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Leo Bemis
- Years
- 1918-2007 (aged 89)
- Occupations
- association football coach
- Biography
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Leo Bemis was an American collegiate soccer coach. He was notable for serving as the University of Pittsburgh's head men's soccer coach from 1954 to 1983, a career spanning 30 years. He guided the Panthers to 155 career victories, making him the second winningest coach in school history. He is a 1941 graduate from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and a 1989 inductee into the school's athletic hall of fame. He received his master's degree in physical education from Pitt in 1947.
