11 Notable alumni of
Elizabethtown College
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Elizabethtown College is 2413th in the world, 846th in North America, and 800th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Elizabethtown College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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David Trimble
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianbarrister
- Biography
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William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007.
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David Starr
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Charles Max Barsky is an American retired professional wrestler best known by his ring name David Starr. Starr has wrestled for promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Evolve, Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Over the Top Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He held championships and won tournaments for companies based in Australia, North America, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Carla Sands
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianchiropractorbusiness executiveactor
- Biography
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Carla J. Sands is an American businesswoman who is chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group. During the Trump administration (2017–21) she was U.S. ambassador to Denmark.
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William Henry Keeler
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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William Henry Keeler was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1989 to 2007 and was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1994. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. Keeler was President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1992 to 1995.
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Nia Dinata
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Nurkurniati Aisyah Dewi, better known as Nia Dinata, is an Indonesian film director. Her movies are known for tackling subjects controversial or "risky" in Indonesia such as homosexuality, migrant workers, and polygamy.
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Bill Foster
- Enrolled in Elizabethtown College
- Studied in 1954
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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William Edwin Foster was the head men's basketball coach at Rutgers University, University of Utah, Duke University, University of South Carolina, and Northwestern University. He is best known for guiding Duke to the NCAA championship game in 1978, and that year he was named national Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Foster was inducted into the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame and was the first NCAA coach to guide four teams to 20-win seasons (Rutgers, Utah, Duke, and South Carolina). Foster was a graduate of Elizabethtown College.
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Gene Garber
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Henry Eugene Garber is an American former professional baseball sidearm relief pitcher who played for four Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations from 1969 to 1988.
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Martina White
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Martina A. White is an American politician. A Republican, she is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 170th district, being first elected in 2015.
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Nathan D. Baxter
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Nathan Dwight Baxter is the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the 1,010 in succession in the Episcopal Church. He was elected as bishop coadjutor on July 22, 2006, and consecrated on October 22, 2006. Baxter's friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached the sermon.
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Eugene W. Hickok
- Biography
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Eugene W. Hickok is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Education, serving from 2003-2005 under President George W. Bush, and a former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, serving from 1995-2001 under Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond.
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Carl Bowman
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Enrolled in Elizabethtown College
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Science in sociology
- Occupations
- sociologistcultural historian
- Biography
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Carl Bowman is an American sociologist, who is widely recognized for his studies of Anabaptist religious groups and is perhaps the foremost expert on the social and cultural history of the Church of the Brethren.
