15 Notable alumni of
Henderson State University
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Henderson State University is 2114th in the world, 738th in North America, and 694th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Henderson 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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Billy Bob Thornton
- Occupations
- screenwritersingerfilm produceractorrecording artist
- Biography
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Billy Bob Thornton is an American film actor, writer and director. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller One False Move, and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following Sling Blade, including Oliver Stone's neo-noir U Turn (1997), political drama Primary Colors (1998), science fiction disaster film Armageddon (1998), the highest-grossing film of that year, and the crime drama A Simple Plan (1998), which earned him his third Oscar nomination.
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Bobby Bones
- Occupations
- singersongwriterradio personality
- Biography
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Bobby Bones is an American radio and television personality, best known for hosting the nationally syndicated The Bobby Bones Show, originating from the iHeart Studios in Nashville, TN, and for his role as a full-time mentor on American Idol on ABC. He was the winner of season 27 of Dancing with the Stars with partner Sharna Burgess. He has also written two New York Times best sellers. Bones has also released a number of country music albums through Black River Entertainment.
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Gus Malzahn
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Arthur Gustavo Malzahn III is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He was the head football coach at Auburn University from 2013 to 2020. He helped lead the 2010 Auburn Tigers to a National Championship. As head coach at Auburn, he led the team to a SEC Championship win and an appearance in the 2014 National Championship. Malzahn has coached Heisman winner Cam Newton and two Heisman finalists: Nick Marshall and Tre Mason. During Malzahn's tenure at Auburn, he qualified as the second-longest tenured head coach at one school in the SEC, behind Nick Saban. Out of active head coaches, Malzahn also holds the best record against coach Saban.
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David Pryor
- Occupations
- lawyerdeanpoliticianpublisherorganizational founder
- Biography
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David Hampton Pryor is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. He served as the interim chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, following Bill Gwatney's assassination.
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John R. Steelman
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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John Roy Steelman was the first person to serve as "The Assistant to the President of the United States", in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1946 to 1953. The office later became the White House Chief of Staff.
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Aaron Owens
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Aaron Owens, better known by his nickname "AO", is an American streetball player from North Philadelphia.
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Sid McMath
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Sidney Sanders McMath was a U.S. marine, attorney and the 34th governor of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953. In defiance of his state's political establishment, he championed rapid rural electrification, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, strict bank and utility regulation, repeal of the poll tax, open and honest elections and broad expansion of opportunity for black citizens in the decade following World War II.
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Sean McGrath
- Occupations
- screenwriterplayer of American football
- Biography
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Sean McGrath is an American football tight ends coach at Missouri Southern State University and a former tight end. He played college football at Eastern Illinois University and Henderson State, and signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2012. McGrath has also played for Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers.
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Lloyd L. Burke
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Lloyd Leslie Burke was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 28, 1951.
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Oren Harris
- Enrolled in Henderson State University
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Oren Harris was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
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Jimmie O. Keenan
- Enrolled in Henderson State University
- Studied in 1982-1986
- Occupations
- nurse
- Biography
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Jimmie O. Keenan is a retired major general of the United States Army. She served as the Deputy Commanding General of the Medical Command and also the Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps before retiring on January 1, 2016. She now works at WellMed Medical Management in San Antonio, Texas.
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Phil L. Johnson
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Phillip Lane Johnson is an American college basketball coach. He was the interim men's head basketball coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
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John P. McConnell
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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General John Paul McConnell was the sixth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff, McConnell served in a dual capacity. He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which, as a body, acts as the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. In his other capacity, he was responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for managing the vast human and materiel resources of the world's most powerful aerospace force.
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Robert Fisher
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Robert Fisher is an American academic administrator. He served as the president of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. from 2000 to 2021. He was one of the highest paid university presidents in the United States.
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Jimmy D. Ross
- Enrolled in Henderson State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in education
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Jimmy Douglas Ross was a United States Army four-star general and member of the board of two corporations.
