22 Notable alumni of
Humboldt State University
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Humboldt State University is 1647th in the world, 583rd in North America, and 550th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Humboldt 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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Stephen Hillenburg
- Enrolled in Humboldt State University
- In 1984 graduated with bachelor's degree in natural resource management
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterfilm produceractorfilm director
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Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was an American animator, voice actor, and marine biology educator. He is best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon in 1999 – serving as the showrunner for its first three seasons, and again from season nine until his death – which has become the fifth-longest-running American animated series. He also performed the original voice of Patchy's pet parrot Potty the Parrot from the show.
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Mike Patton
- Occupations
- guitaristvocalistsinger-songwritercomposervoice actor
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Michael Allan Patton is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. Noted for his vocal proficiency, diverse singing techniques, wide range of projects, style-transcending influences, eccentric public image and contempt for the music industry, Patton has earned critical praise and influenced many contemporary singers. In addition to his most popular endeavor, Faith No More, Patton is also co-founder and lead vocalist of Mr. Bungle, and he has fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantômas, Moonchild Trio, Kaada/Patton, Dead Cross, Lovage, Mondo Cane, the X-ecutioners, and Peeping Tom. Consistent collaborators through his varied career include avant-garde jazz saxophonist John Zorn, hip hop producer Dan the Automator and classical violinist Eyvind Kang.
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Raymond Carver
- Occupations
- prose writerwriterscreenwriterpoetteacher
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Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), received immediate acclaim and established Carver as an important figure in the literary world. It was followed by Cathedral (1983), which Carver considered his watershed and is widely regarded as his masterpiece. The definitive collection of his stories, Where I'm Calling From, was published shortly before his death in 1988. In their 1989 nomination of Carver for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the jury concluded, "The revival in recent years of the short story is attributable in great measure to Carver's mastery of the form."
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John Kiffmeyer
- Occupations
- composermusiciandrummerrecord producer
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John Kiffmeyer, known professionally as Al Sobrante, is an American cinematographer and retired musician and songwriter. He is best known as the first drummer for the punk rock band Green Day. His stage name is a reference to his hometown, El Sobrante.
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Vaush
- Enrolled in Humboldt State University
- In 2018 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- YouTuberTwitch streameronline streamerdebater
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Ian Kochinski, better known as Vaush, is an American left-wing YouTuber and Twitch streamer who debates and discusses politics online from a libertarian socialist perspective.
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Trevor Dunn
- Occupations
- bassistcomposerfilm score composerjazz musician
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Trevor Roy Dunn is an American composer, bass guitarist, and double bassist. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. While performing with Mr. Bungle, Dunn would dress similar to the St. Pauli Girl. He has since worked in an array of musical styles, including with saxophonist/composer John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3 and with his own avant-garde jazz/rock ensemble Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant. He is also a member of the band Tomahawk.
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Trey Spruance
- Occupations
- composermusicianrecord producerguitarist
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Preston Lea "Trey" Spruance III is an American composer, producer, and musician who co-founded the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. He is also leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3. Originally a guitarist and trumpeter, in the early 90s Spruance began playing vintage electronic organs, analog synthesizers, saz, santur, electric sitar, tar, and various other string and percussion instruments. In the mid 90s he founded Forking Paths Studio where his production techniques were applied to Mr. Bungle and Secret Chiefs 3 records among many others. Since 2007 Spruance's Secret Chiefs 3 has been a very active live entity, performing well over 500 shows in more than 50 countries.
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Alex Cappa
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Alex Cappa is an American football guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Humboldt State. He was selected in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Thomas Rid
- Occupations
- university teachernon-fiction writerpolitical scientist
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Thomas Rid is a political scientist best known for his work on the history and risks of information technology in conflict. He is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he was a professor of security studies at the Department of War Studies, King's College London.
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Raphaëla le Gouvello
- Occupations
- windsurfer
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Raphaëla le Gouvello du Timat is a French windsurfer and conservationist. She has successfully completed four windsurfing crossings, solo and unassisted, of the Atlantic Ocean in 2000, the Mediterranean in 2002, the Pacific Ocean in 2003 and the Indian Ocean in 2006. She later founded the NGO Respect Ocean to protect the marine environment.
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Michael Crooke
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- military personnel
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Michael W. Crooke is an American businessman and academic. Crooke was CEO of Patagonia, Inc. from 1999 to 2005. From 2010 to 2015, Crooke served on the faculty of Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management. Crooke also worked at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business from 2015-2017.
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Wendell Hayes
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Wendell Hayes was a former American football running back. Wendell played college football at Humboldt State University. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, which included the team that defeated the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
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Michael Moore
- Occupations
- jazz musiciansaxophonist
- Biography
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Michael Moore is an American jazz musician who has lived in the Netherlands since 1982.
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Dean L. Bresciani
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United States - Biography
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Dean L. Bresciani is an American academic who served as the 14th president of North Dakota State University in Fargo from 2010 to 2022.
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Earl Thomas
- Occupations
- singer
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Earl Thomas is an American blues singer from California, United States. He is also a songwriter, with songs covered by artists including Tom Jones, Etta James, Solomon Burke and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. He has twice been nominated for a Grammy Award and has won the San Diego Music Award four times.
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Brad Willis
- Occupations
- journalist
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Brad Willis is a former NBC News foreign correspondent and author. As a journalist, Willis was the recipient of the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for his work from inside Afghanistan during the Soviet Occupation in 1986.
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Ernie Wasson
- Occupations
- botanistwriter
- Biography
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Ernie George Wasson is an American gardener, horticulturist and author.
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Ellie Cachette
- Occupations
- writer
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Désirée "Ellie" Cachette is an American investor, philanthropist and author of Software Agreements for Dummies. Cachette resides in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Jeffrey D. Levine
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- journalistdiplomat
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Jeffrey D. Levine was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to be the United States Ambassador to Estonia on February 17, 2012 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 2012. He presented his credentials to President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves on September 17, 2012. He left his post in 2015.
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Jason Conger
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Jason R. R. Conger is an American attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 54 in Bend, Oregon, from 2011 to 2015. He ran for the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 2014.
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Chuck Smead
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Charles Smead is an American long-distance runner, who made his most significant mark on the sport taking second in the Marathon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.
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Bob L. Beers
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
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Bob L. Beers is an American politician who was a member of the Nevada Assembly representing District 21 in Clark County, Nevada. Prior to his election in 2006, he was an author involved in graphic arts and illustration.
