100 Notable alumni of
Illinois State University
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Illinois State University is 650th in the world, 235th in North America, and 216th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Illinois 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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John Malkovich
- Occupations
- film directortheatrical directorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
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Gary Sinise
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor. He has won a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Actor Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Sinise has also received awards and honors for his extensive humanitarian work and involvement with charitable organizations, notably the Gary Sinise Foundation, of which he is the founder and chairman of the board of directors. He also founded the Lt. Dan Band (named after his character in Forrest Gump), which plays at U.S. military bases around the world.
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Laurie Metcalf
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades throughout a career spanning more than four decades, including four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.
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Cloris Leachman
- Occupations
- voice actorstage actoractorcomediantelevision actor
- Biography
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Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She received many accolades including 22 Primetime Emmy nominations and won eight, tying Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the most acting Emmy Awards ever awarded to a performer. Leachman also won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was known for her versatility and distinctive physicality, where she used props to accentuate and express her roles' characterizations.
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Jane Lynch
- Occupations
- voice actorstage actorgame show hosttelevision actorwriter
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Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Known for playing starring and recurring roles in comedic television, her accolades include one Golden Globe, five Primetime Emmys and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, Lynch received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Gary Cole
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorstage actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role on screen was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC drama series Midnight Caller (1988–1991). Further prominent television roles includes American Gothic (1995–1996), The West Wing (2003–2006), The Good Wife (2010–2016), Veep (2013–2019), and NCIS (2021–present). Cole starred in the films The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and Office Space (1999); and voiced characters in the animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000–2007, 2018), Family Guy (2000–present), Kim Possible (2002–2007), Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013), and Bob's Burgers (2012–present).
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Ron Goldman
- Occupations
- waiter
- Biography
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Ronald Lyle Goldman was an American restaurant waiter and aspiring actor. A volunteer working with children suffering from cerebral palsy, Goldman appeared as a contestant on the short-lived game show Studs in early 1992. Goldman lived independently from his family and supported himself as an employment headhunter, tennis instructor, and waiter, and worked occasionally as a model. Goldman earned an emergency medical technician license, but he decided not to pursue that as a career. In 1994, Goldman befriended Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of American football player O. J. Simpson. On 12 June 1994, Goldman was murdered along with Brown, outside her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
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Craig Robinson
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- film actorcomediantelevision actorsingeractor
- Biography
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Craig Phillip Robinson is an American actor, comedian, and musician. The accolades he has received include nominations for five Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award.
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Michelle Williams
- Occupations
- dancerrecord producermanufacturertelevision actorrecording artist
- Biography
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Tenitra Michelle Williams is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 40 million copies sold with the trio lineup that included Williams. During her time in the group she earned several accolades including a Grammy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Adam Kinzinger
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- In 2000 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adam Daniel Kinzinger is an American politician, political commentator, and former United States Air Force and Air National Guard officer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023; representing Illinois's 11th congressional district and later Illinois's 16th congressional district.
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Jeff Perry
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Jeffrey Perry is an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is known for his role as Richard Katimski on the teen drama My So-Called Life, Terrance Steadman on Prison Break, Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, Cyrus Beene on the political drama series Scandal, all for ABC, and as Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges. He most recently starred on the ABC drama Alaska Daily, alongside Hilary Swank.
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Sean Hayes
- Occupations
- voice actorcomposeractortelevision actortelevision producer
- Biography
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Sean Patrick Hayes is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained acclaim for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to being nominated for six Golden Globe Awards.
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Terry Kinney
- Occupations
- film producertelevision actorfilm actortheatrical directorstage actor
- Biography
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Terry Kinney is an American actor, theater director, and founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry. Kinney is best known for his role as Tim McManus on HBO's prison drama Oz.
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Cecilia Suárez
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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María Cecilia Suárez de Garay is a Mexican actress and activist working with the United Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and violence against women. She has starred in film, television, and theater across the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
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Tim Russ
- Occupations
- film directorastronomertelevision actorvoice actorfilm actor
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Timothy Darrell Russ is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager; Robert Johnson in Crossroads (1986); Casey in East of Hope Street (1998); Frank on Samantha Who?; Principal Franklin on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly; D. C. Montana on The Highwaymen (1987–1988), and for his brief role in Spaceballs (1987). He appeared in The Rookie: Feds (2022) and reprised his role as Captain Tuvok on Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard.
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Jimmy Dore
- Occupations
- television producerpodcasterpeace activistcomedian
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James Patrick Anthony Dore is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, podcaster and YouTube personality. He is the host of The Jimmy Dore Show, a comedic political talk show available on Rokfin, Rumble, Twitter and YouTube.
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Doug Collins
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Paul Douglas Collins is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1973 to 1981 for the Philadelphia 76ers, earning four NBA All-Star selections. He then became an NBA coach in 1986, and had stints coaching the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Collins also served as an analyst for various NBA-related broadcast shows. He is a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award. In April 2024, Collins was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2024 by the Contributors Committee.
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Moira Harris
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Moira Jane Sinise is a former American actress. She appeared in several films and television shows. She is married to actor-filmmaker Gary Sinise.
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LaRoyce Hawkins
- Occupations
- television actoractorfilm actormusician
- Biography
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LaRoyce C. Hawkins is an American actor, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, and musician. Hawkins stars on NBC's police drama Chicago P.D., where he portrays Officer Kevin Atwater. Hawkins also has a regular role on the crossover show Chicago Fire.
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Carlos Bernard
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision directoractortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Carlos Bernard Papierski is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24, which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009, 2014 in 24: Solitary and 2017 in 24: Legacy. He received a fine arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after receiving an undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.
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Todd Stashwick
- Occupations
- actorvideo game writer
- Biography
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Todd Stashwick is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dale Malloy on The Riches and Theodore Deacon on 12 Monkeys (2015–2018). He played Captain Liam Shaw in the third season of Star Trek: Picard (2023).
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Yetide Badaki
- Occupations
- film producertelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Yetide Badaki is a Nigerian actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods.
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Richard Roeper
- Occupations
- film criticwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Richard E. Roeper is an American writer. He is a former columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he wrote for 39 years dating back to 1986 until his departure in 2025. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor. From 2010 to 2014, he co-hosted The Roe and Roeper Show with Roe Conn on WLS-AM. From October 2015 to October 2017, Roeper served as the host of the FOX 32 morning show Good Day Chicago. Since 2021, he has hosted a podcast entitled The Richard Roeper Show for American Eagle. He is a regular contributor to Windy City Weekend and its predecessor Windy City Live on WLS-TV. In 2025, Roeper joined RogerEbert.com as a regular contributor.
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Rondi Reed
- Occupations
- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Rondi Anne Reed is an American actress of stage and screen. A longtime member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, she has appeared in more than 50 productions at that theater. Also active on Broadway, she won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Mattie Fae Aiken in August: Osage County. She is also known for the role of Peggy on the television sitcom Mike & Molly which she played from 2010-2016. She also played Mary Hogan in Monster The Ed Gein story.
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Syleena Johnson
- Occupations
- singer-songwriteractor
- Biography
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Syleena Johnson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her guest appearance on Kanye West's 2004 single "All Falls Down", which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. She signed with Jive Records to release three albums: Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness (2001), Chapter 2: The Voice (2002), and Chapter 3: The Flesh (2005), each of which received critical acclaim and modest commercial reception. She returned to work with West for his tenth album, Donda (2021), where she performed on the spoken-word song "Donda Chant".
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Suzy Bogguss
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterrecording artistguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Susan Kay Bogguss is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career in the 1980s as a solo singer. In the 1990s, six of her songs were Top 10 hits, three albums were certified gold, and one album received a platinum certification. She won Top New Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music and the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association. She will be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 16, 2026.
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Paul DeJong
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Paul Sterling DeJong is an American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman in the New York Yankees organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Washington Nationals.
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Minnie Vautrin
- Occupations
- diaristmissionaryeducator
- Biography
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Wilhelmina "Minnie" Vautrin was an American missionary, diarist, educator and president of Ginling College. A Christian missionary in China for 28 years, she became known for caring for and protecting at least 10,000 Chinese refugees during the Nanjing Massacre in China, during which she kept a now-published diary, at times even challenging the Japanese authorities for documents in an attempt to protect the civilians staying at her college.
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Rathindranath Tagore
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- painterwriteragronomist
- Biography
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Rathindranath Thakur was an Indian educationist, agronomist, painter, leathercraftsman, and a woodworker. He served as the first vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, which was founded by his father, Rabindranath Tagore.
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Ralph Modjeski
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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Ralph Modjeski was a Polish-American civil engineer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder."
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Mad Man Pondo
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Kevin Canady is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mad Man Pondo. Best known for his hardcore wrestling style, Canady has wrestled for various wrestling promotions, including Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, and Juggalo Championship Wrestling. He is also the owner of IWA East Coast, and was formerly employed by Juggalo Championship Wrestling. He was released from JCW in August after an incident involving himself and Mickie knuckles caused significant injury to a fellow opponent by way of negligence.
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Julia Faye
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Julia Faye Maloney, known professionally as Julia Faye, was an American actress of silent and sound films. She was known for her appearances in more than 30 Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens.
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Lewis Stevenson
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- politician
- Biography
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Lewis Green Stevenson was an American politician. He was the Illinois Secretary of State from 1914 to 1917 and a member of Illinois's political Stevenson family.
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Brock Stewart
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Brock Allen Stewart is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins.
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Michele Reagan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michele Reagan is an American Republican politician who served as the 20th Arizona Secretary of State, from 2015 to 2019. She is currently a Justice of the Peace for the Maricopa County McDowell Mountain Precinct.
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William S. Sadler
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- writerpsychiatristpsychologistsurgeon
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William Samuel Sadler was an American surgeon, self-trained psychiatrist, and author who helped publish The Urantia Book. The book is said to have resulted from Sadler's relationship with a man through whom he believed celestial beings spoke at night. It drew a following of people who studied its teachings.
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Gregory Kunde
- Occupations
- opera singerperforming artist
- Biography
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Gregory Kunde is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with French and Italian repertoire. After singing the bel canto repertory of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini for more than 25 years, Kunde has turned primarily to the verismo roles of Verdi and Puccini. He has sung professionally for nearly 50 years.
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Owen Miller
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Owen Robert Miller is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder in the Chicago Cubs organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians / Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, and Colorado Rockies. Miller was selected by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2021 with the Indians.
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Reggie Lynch
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Reginald Joseph Connor Lynch is an American professional basketball player for Halcones de Xalapa of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He transferred from Illinois State in 2015 and sat out the 2015–16 season. In 2016, he started at center for the Gophers and won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after setting the Gophers single-season record in blocks with 114.
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Nic Moore
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- Studied in 2011-2012
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nic Moore is an American professional basketball player. Moore played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs. He was named American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moore previously competed for the Illinois State Redbirds.
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Jackie Carmichael
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jackie Ray Carmichael Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for Igokea of the Adriatic League (ABA) and the Bosnian League. He was a standout college player at Illinois State University before playing professionally in Spain, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia.
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Matt Herges
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Tyler Herges is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1999 to 2009, and is the former pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Donald McHenry
- Occupations
- diplomatuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Donald Franchot McHenry is an American former diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 1979 until January 20, 1981.
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Samuel Garman
- Occupations
- scientific collectorherpetologistichthyologistzoologist
- Biography
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Samuel Walton Garman, or "Garmann" as he sometimes styled himself, was an American naturalist and zoologist. He became noted as an ichthyologist and herpetologist.
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Boomer Grigsby
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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James Harvey "Boomer" Grigsby is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois State Redbirds, and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. Grigsby was also a member of the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans.
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Daryl Gregory
- Occupations
- novelistscience fiction writerwriter
- Biography
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Daryl Gregory is an American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author. Gregory is a 1988 alumnus of the Michigan State University Clarion science fiction workshop, and won the 2009 Crawford Award for his novel Pandemonium.
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Jim Ardis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jim Ardis is an American corporate executive and politician who served as mayor of Peoria, Illinois from 2005 to 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he had previously served on the Peoria City Council from 1999 through 2005. Ardis is the second-longest serving mayor in city history behind Edward Nelson Woodruff.
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Scott M. Bennett
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Scott Michael Bennett was an American attorney, politician and Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 52nd district from 2015 to 2022.
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Sandra K. Steingraber
- Occupations
- biologistecologistnon-fiction writeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Sandra Steingraber is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor. Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and environmental links to cancer.
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Dan Rutherford
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dan Rutherford is an American politician who served as the 73rd Treasurer of Illinois from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the Illinois State Senator from the 53rd district from 2003 to 2011 and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003.
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Mick Hubert
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Mick Hubert is a retired sportscaster and play-by-play announcer who served as the primary radio voice and media host for the Florida Gators sports programs at the University of Florida (UF) from 1989 through 2022. He was well known for his exuberant announcing style, highlighted by his use of the phrase "Oh my!" when excited by the action on the field.
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Rachel Crothers
- Occupations
- dramaturgescreenwritertheatrical directorwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Rachel Crothers was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most successful and prolific woman dramatist writing in the first part of the twentieth century." One of her most famous plays was Susan and God (1937), which was made into a film by MGM in 1940 starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March.
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Kaza Kajami-Keane
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kaza Kajami-Keane is a Canadian-Jamaican professional basketball player for Niners Chemnitz of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Illinois State Redbirds, the Cleveland State Vikings and the Carleton Ravens. He has also competed for the Canadian national basketball team.
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Carl Hulse
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Carl E. Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and managing editor of First Draft, a political news stream and morning email newsletter. His regular New York Times column "On Washington", described developments in Washington DC. His writing has also appeared online with MSN, MSN UK, MSN Canada, and CNBC, and in the Sydney Morning Herald, Albany Business Review, Boston.com, The Economic Times, American City Business Journals, and Miami Herald.
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Stephen Alfred Forbes
- Occupations
- academicentomologistichthyologistuniversity teachergeologist
- Biography
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Stephen Alfred Forbes was the first chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey, a founder of aquatic ecosystem science and a dominant figure in the rise of American ecology. His publications are striking for their merger of extensive field observations with conceptual insights. Forbes believed that ecological knowledge was fundamental for human well being. Forbes was important to the development of ecological theory. He was acknowledged by the National Academy of Sciences as "the founder of the science of ecology in the United States".
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Osiris Eldridge
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Osiris Eldridge is an American professional basketball player for Al Arabi SC of the Qatari Basketball League. He played college basketball for Illinois State. As a freshman, he won the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year award, and as a sophomore, he was runner up in MVP honors while leading ISU to its most wins in school history with 25.
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Loren Wiseman
- Occupations
- video game designerrole-playing game designer
- Biography
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Loren Keith Wiseman was an American wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer and editor.
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Cleo Madison
- Occupations
- screenwriterstage actorfilm directoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Cleo Madison was an American theatrical and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.
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Telly Hughes
- Occupations
- sports journalist
- Biography
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Telly Hughes is an American television sports personality and Big Ten Network host.
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Harry Osterman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harry Osterman is an American politician who served as a member of the Chicago City Council from the 48th ward from 2011 to 2023. He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives for the 14th District from 2000 to 2011.
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Margaret Haley
- Occupations
- educatorteachertrade unionistpedagogueactivist
- Biography
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Margaret A. Haley was a teacher, unionist, and Georgist land value tax activist, who was dubbed the "lady labor slugger". Haley was the first business representative of the Chicago Teachers Federation (CTF) and a pioneer leader in organizing schoolteachers. During her long career with the CTF, Haley fought to correct tax inequalities, increase the salaries of teachers, and expose unfair land leasing by the Chicago Board of Education.
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Noah Morgan Mason
- Occupations
- teacherhead teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Noah Morgan Mason was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. A conservative Republican, he served 13 terms representing first the state's 12th congressional district and then, after a redrawing of boundaries, the 15th.
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Kate Del Fava
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kathryn Jean Del Fava is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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Thomas Jonathan Burrill
- Occupations
- botanist
- Biography
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Thomas Jonathan Burrill was an American botanist, plant pathologist, and college administrator who first discovered bacterial causes for plant disease. He introduced Erwinia amylovora (called by him Micrococcus amylovorus) as the causal agent of pear fire blight.
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Elgie Sims
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elgie R. Sims Jr. is the Illinois state Senator for the 17th district. The 17th district includes the Chatham neighborhoods of Chicago along with the all or parts of Burnham, Calumet City, Lansing, Ford Heights, Lynwood, Sauk Village, Beecher, Manteno, and Grant Park.
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Tammie Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tammie Wilson is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 3.
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LaVerne H. Council
- Biography
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LaVerne H. Council, MBA, DBA was the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Office of Information and Technology within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Council assumed this role in July 2015. President Obama nominated Council to the role in March 2015. Council was confirmed by the 114th Congress on June 23, 2015, making Council the first female CIO of a Cabinet-level federal agency. She managed a $4.2B Information Technology appropriation, the first centralized and only IT appropriation in the federal government.
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Eric Rohmann
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Eric Rohmann is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Arizona State University. He won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing My Friend Rabbit, and he was a runner-up in 1995 for Time Flies. Rohmann also won the Sibert Medal as the illustrator (with his wife, Candace Fleming, as the author), for Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera.
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Dwight E. Adams
- Occupations
- forensic scientist
- Biography
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Dwight E Adams, is a forensic scientist.
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Lena Sadler
- Occupations
- physicianobstetriciansurgeon
- Biography
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Lena Kellogg Sadler was an American physician, surgeon, obstetrician, and eugenicist who was a leader in women's health issues.
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Narong Prangcharoen
- Occupations
- university teacherpianistcomposer
- Biography
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Narong Prangcharoen is a Thai composer of contemporary music. His compositions have won him the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize, and the Alexander Zemlinsky International Composition Competition Prize. He is the founder of Thailand International Composition Festival (TICF). Currently, he serves as Dean of the College of Music, Mahidol University in Thailand, as well as composer-in-residence for Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and Pacific Symphony in Orange County, California. His scores for orchestra and wind ensemble are published exclusively by Theodore Presser Company.
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Andrew Velasquez
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Velasquez III is the former Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region V. He coordinated preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Prior to his appointment as Region V administrator he served as Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Executive Director of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communication.
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Norbert Blei
- Occupations
- essayistnovelistpainterjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Norbert George Blei was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. In 1994, he established Cross+Roads Press, dedicated to the publication of first chapbooks by poets, short story writers, novelists and artists.
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Roberto Fortes
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Roberto Duete Fortes is an Angolan former basketball player. Fortes was a member of the Angola national basketball team and formerly the Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team. He represented Angola at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
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Robert Atkins
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- comics artist
- Biography
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Robert Q. Atkins, also known as "Professor Addy" or "Ratkins", is an American comics artist.
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Elmer Ellsworth Brown
- Occupations
- pedagogue
- Biography
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Elmer Ellsworth Brown was an American educator.
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Sarah Hackett Stevenson
- Occupations
- university teacherphysician
- Biography
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Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson was an American physician in Illinois, and the first female member of the American Medical Association (AMA), as an Illinois State Medical Society delegate in 1876. She was a leader and advocate for the emancipation of women and for the equal treatment of men and women.
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Bob Bacon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Bacon is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins, Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 14th district from 2005 to 2013. Bacon also served in the Colorado State House from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that, he was elected twice to the Poudre School District Board of Education, serving from 1991 to 1999. Bacon Elementary School is named in his honor.
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Logan H. Roots
- Occupations
- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Logan Holt Roots was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1868 to 1871. He was a member of the Republican Party. He is the namesake of Fort Logan H. Roots.
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Richard R. Neely
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Richard R. Neely is a United States Air Force officer and the 40th Adjutant general of Illinois.
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Charles H. Page
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- lawyerpolitician
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Charles Harrison Page was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
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Malcolm L. McCallum
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- environmental scientist
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Malcolm L. McCallum is an American environmental scientist, conservationist, herpetologist, and natural historian and is known for his work on the Holocene Extinction. He is also a co-founder of the herpetology journal, Herpetological Conservation and Biology. He is a key figure in amphibian biology and his research has produced numerous landmark studies. His work has been covered by David Attenborough, Discover Magazine, and other media outlets.
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Thomas R. Lamont
- Enrolled in Illinois State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
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- lawyer
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Thomas Ray Lamont was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), from June 22, 2009, to September 30, 2013.
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Fred J. Kern
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- teacherpolitician
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Frederick John Kern was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Rich Banner
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United States - Occupations
- board game designer
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Paul Richard "Rich" Banner is an American game designer and graphic artist.
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Ida Crouch-Hazlett
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- journalistsuffragetteeditorpolitician
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Ida Crouch-Hazlett was an American political activist prominent in the suffrage and socialist movements. Crouch-Hazlett is best remembered as a prominent orator and organizer for the Socialist Party of America during the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1902 Crouch-Hazlett became the first female candidate for U.S. Congress from Colorado when she ran for a seat in the House of Representatives.
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Charles De Garmo
- Occupations
- university teacher
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Charles De Garmo was an American educator, education theorist and college president.
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Charles A. Karch
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- lawyerpolitician
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Charles Adam Karch was a U.S. representative from Illinois.
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H. Robert Fowler
- Years
- 1851-1926 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Hiram Robert Fowler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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John L. Keith
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- basketball coachAmerican football player
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John Alexander Hull Keith was an American educator as well as an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois State Normal School—now known as Northern Illinois University–from 1899 to 1903 and at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—in 1907, compiling a career college football record of 25–7–7. Keith was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois from 1900 to 1902 and again in 1904–05, tallying a mark of 13–7 in three seasons. He also taught at the school as a professor of pedagogy and as an assistant professor of psychology.
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Tep Sothy
- Occupations
- politician
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Tep Sothy is a Cambodian politician and former Member of Parliament for Takeo province. She represented the Takeo province since the Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 seats in 2013 Cambodian general election. Before coming to Cambodia, Sothy was a high school teacher in Chicago. In 2010, she decided to join Cambodia's Human Rights Party established and led by Kem Sokha who previously led the Cambodian Center for Human Rights in Phnom Penh for several years. Tep decided to move to Cambodia shortly before the 2013 National Elections. She told Voice of America Khmer Service in 2010 that she joined the political party because Kem Sokha was really "a great, moral, freedom-seeking leader." In 2012, the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party, Cambodia's two major political parties merged to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party. Her work in Cambodia includes campaigns with women to improve gender awareness, introduction of gender sensitive laws, and policies to address issues on health, children's welfare, domestic violence, reproduction, and migrant workers rights.
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Tom Rethman
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- American football coachAmerican football player
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Tom Rethman is an American college football coach. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Buena Vista University, positions he has held since 2024. He served as the head football coach at Briar Cliff University from 2008 to 2016, compiling a record of 21–78. He was the second head coach in the history of the Briar Cliff Chargers football program, succeeding Dick Strittmatter. A native of El Dorado, Kansas, Rethman graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1992.
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Kye Stewart
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
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Kye Stewart is an American college football coach and former linebacker. He is the outside linebackers coach for Illinois State University, a position he has held since 2018. He played college football at Illinois State, and was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He was also a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL.
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Louis H. Galbreath
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- American football player
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Louis Hutchinson Galbreath was an American educator who specialized in training teachers and advocated educational psychology and scientific pedagogy. A graduate of both Illinois State University and Cornell University, he had his career cut short when he died from typhoid fever. In 1896, while a professor at Illinois State, he became the second head football coach at the school.
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John P. Stewart
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- basketball coachAmerican football coach
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John Pogue Stewart was an American football and basketball coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1903 to 1906, compiling are record of 14–11–1.
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Martin B. Bailey
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- politician
- Biography
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Martin Brachall Bailey was an American politician and lawyer.
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James H. Forrester
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Henry Forrester was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
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Sue A. Sanders
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- non-fiction writer
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Sue A. Sanders was an American teacher, clubwoman, and author, who was prominent in social circles. She was a leader in charitable organizations serving as the ninth National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC). Sanders was the originator of placing a flag in every school house, hers the first school to have a flag in McLean County, Illinois. Sanders was also the author of A journey to on and from the "golden shore" (1887).
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Owen P. Thompson
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- teacherlawyerjudge
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Owen Pierce Thompson was a judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention. He also served on the Illinois State Utilities Commission.
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Angela Taylor
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Angela Taylor is a retired American athlete and collegiate coach. She earned nine Gateway titles at Illinois State University. She was a three-time indoor long jump champion and won the 60-meter high hurdles in 1987. In her post-collegiate athletic career, she competed against Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the women's heptathlon and was a member of various U.S. national teams and a finalist in the heptathlon in the 1992 Olympics trials. She finished 1992 ranked 30th in the world.
