14 Notable alumni of
Grand Valley State University
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Grand Valley State University is 1867th in the world, 649th in North America, and 611th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Grand Valley State 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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Tony Ferguson
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- celebritymixed martial arts fighterBrazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner
- Biography
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Anthony Armand Ferguson Padilla is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Ferguson debuted in 2008, and has been with the UFC since he won The Ultimate Fighter 13 in 2011. He is trained in freestyle wrestling, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, and Wing Chun.
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Erion Veliaj
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erion Veliaj is an Albanian, politician, who is currently serving as the Mayor of Tirana. Stemming from a civil society activism organization as the leader of MJAFT!, Veliaj joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania in 2011, when he was appointed Secretary for Youth and Immigration.
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Thomas Remengesau Jr
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- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. is a Palauan politician; in 2013 he was elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of the island nation from 2001 to 2009. He served as a Senator in the Palau National Congress between his two administrations. In sum, Remengesau was elected Vice-President of Palau in 1992 and 1996, then president in 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2016.
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John Beyrle
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- diplomat
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John Ross Beyrle is an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs, he served as Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation from July 3, 2008, until January 10, 2012, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2005 to 2008.
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Brian Calley
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- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Brian Nelson Calley is an American politician who served as the 63rd lieutenant governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
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Glenn Duffie Shriver
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- spy
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Glenn Duffie Shriver is an American convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for China. At the behest of Chinese intelligence, Shriver unsuccessfully applied for jobs with the US State Department and CIA, meeting with handlers from China more than 20 times. He was first approached while living in China by operatives of the Shanghai State Security Bureau, a subsidiary of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), who hoped to develop a mole which would provide them information regarding American foreign policy. He was caught and arrested by the FBI soon after applying to a job with the CIA's National Clandestine Service. In a 2010 plea bargain, he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit unlawful conveyance of national defense information, and served four years in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. He was released in 2013, and was later depicted in the short film Game of Pawns, commissioned by the FBI.
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Matt Thornton
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew J. Thornton, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Born in Three Rivers, Michigan he grew up and attended high school in Centreville. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and San Diego Padres. Thornton is second all-time in American League history in holds (182).
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John Keating
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- athlete
- Biography
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John Keating is a Bally Sports Detroit host and reporter. He was born in Madison Heights, Michigan. He attended Grand Valley State University.
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Tim Lelito
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Tim Scott Lelito is a former American football offensive guard. He played college football at Grand Valley State University.
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Nick McDonald
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Nicholas James McDonald is a former American football center. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers in 2010. In that year, he won Super Bowl XLV with the team against the Pittsburgh Steelers. McDonald played college football at Grand Valley State University.
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Greg Cadaret
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gregory James Cadaret is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1987 to 1998 for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Anaheim Angels, and Texas Rangers.
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Brandon Revenberg
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Brandon Revenberg is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Lindsey Drager
- Years
- 1986-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- professorwriter
- Biography
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Lindsey Drager is an American author and professor of creative writing at the University of Utah.
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William Stage
- Occupations
- journalistphotographer
- Biography
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Wm. Stage, also known as William Stage is an American journalist, author, and photographer, with a focus on the area and history of the American Midwest and St. Louis, Missouri. From 1982 to 2004 he worked for the weekly newspaper The Riverfront Times, producing three columns, with the best known being Street Talk, where over the years he photographed and interviewed more than 8,500 random individuals about miscellaneous topics. He is also known for his documentary work on a special kind of historical outdoor advertising: vintage brick wall signs. As of 2016, he has authored 11 books, a combination of photography, non-fiction, and fiction, including Ghost Signs: Brick Wall Signs in America (1989), Mound City Chronicles (1991), and Litchfield: A Strange and Twisted Saga of Murder in the Midwest (1998). His photographs have appeared in multiple works, including the cover photograph on the Oxford University Press book, For the Common Good (2002). In 2001, Stage, who had been adopted as an infant, tracked down his biological family, a search which led to a Canadian television documentary and formed the basis for his 2009 memoir Fool for Life. In 2007, Stage was a guest commentator on the St. Louis NPR affiliate, KWMU-FM.
