31 Notable alumni of
Jacksonville State University
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Jacksonville State University is 1460th in the world, 519th in North America, and 487th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from Jacksonville 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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Danny Willett
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Daniel John Willett is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In April 2016, he won his first major championship at the 2016 Masters Tournament, becoming only the second Englishman to achieve the feat and the first European in 17 years to win at Augusta National.
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Randy Owen
- Occupations
- songwritersingerradio personalitymusiciancomposer
- Biography
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Randy Yeuell Owen is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alabama became the most successful band in country music, releasing over 20 gold and platinum records, dozens of number 1 singles, and selling over 75 million records during their career. Owen also maintains a career as a solo performer. He released his solo debut One on One in late 2008 and charted two singles from it.
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Mike D. Rogers
- Enrolled in Jacksonville State University
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1984 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Michael Dennis Rogers is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 3rd congressional district since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party of Alabama. Rogers served as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee from 2021 to 2023 and as the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2019 to 2021.
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Eric Davis
- Occupations
- player of American footballjournalist
- Biography
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Eric Wayne Davis is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Davis was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 1990 NFL draft. He played in NFL seasons from 1990 to 2002.
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Heather Whitestone
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantmodelballet dancerwriter
- Biography
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Heather Leigh Whitestone McCallum is a former beauty queen and conservative activist who was the first deaf Miss America title holder, having lost most of her hearing at 18 months.
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Bill Clark
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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Bill Bradford Clark is a retired American football coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He held the position from 2014 season until June 24, 2022, when he retired because of health issues related to his back.
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Matt Wallace
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Matthew Wallace is an English professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.
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James Elisha Folsom, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Elisha 'Jim' Folsom Jr. is an American politician who was the 50th governor of Alabama from April 22, 1993, to January 16, 1995. He has also served as the lieutenant governor of Alabama on two occasions. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Reynolds Wolf
- Occupations
- weather presenter
- Biography
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Reynolds Scott Wolf is an American meteorologist and journalist currently employed by The Weather Channel. He formerly worked for CNN, where his forecasts could usually be seen on CNN Saturday Morning, CNN Sunday Morning, and weekend editions of CNN Newsroom. He also served as a weather correspondent and reporter on other CNN programs.
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Albert Patterson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Albert Love Patterson was an American politician and attorney in Phenix City, Alabama. He was assassinated outside his law office shortly after he had won the Democratic nomination for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of reforming the rife corruption and vice in Phenix City.
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Harlan Mathews
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerjurist
- Biography
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Harlan Mathews was an American politician who was an appointed interim Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 years beginning in 1950.
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John Rheinecker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Philip Rheinecker was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
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Robert Stacy McCain
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Robert Stacy McCain is an American conservative journalist, writer, and blogger. McCain is a former assistant national editor and reporter for The Washington Times and co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of the 2006 book Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party. He is proprietor of the blog, The Other McCain.
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Norbertas Giga
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Norbertas Giga is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Haukar of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He played college basketball for Jacksonville State University and graduated in 2018.
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Walker Russell, Jr
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Walker Dwayne Russell Jr. is an American former professional basketball point guard. A native of Pontiac, Michigan, he played college basketball for Chipola College and Jacksonville State University.
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F. Richard Spencer
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Frank Richard Spencer is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a U.S. Army chaplain, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services by Pope Benedict XVI on May 22, 2010.
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Sam Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Leon Jones is an American politician who is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing district 99. Jones was the first African-American mayor of Mobile, Alabama, serving from September 2005 until August 2013. He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing new employers to the city.
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Jeffrey A. Parker
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Jeffrey Alan Parker was an American businessman and education philanthropist.
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James R. Bennett
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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James R. Bennett was an American Republican politician from Alabama. From 1978 to 1983, he served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and as a member of the Alabama Senate between 1983 and 1993. He went on to serve as Secretary of State of Alabama, from 1993 to 2003 and from 2013 to 2015.
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Donovan Hand
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Donovan Jay Hand is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Brother Elephants.
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Ken Kifer
- Occupations
- webmastersport cyclistwriter
- Biography
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Ken Kifer was an American writer, bicyclist and webmaster. Kifer was a Walden scholar and admirer of Henry David Thoreau, and wrote Analysis and Notes on Walden. His website is still a source of information on bicycling and especially bicycle touring.
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Judy Sullivan
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Judy Sullivan is an American retired biomedical engineer who worked for NASA during the Apollo 11, Apollo 10, Apollo 9, Apollo 8, and Gemini 12 missions. She was the lead biomedical engineer for the Apollo 9 and Apollo 11 missions. Sullivan was the only woman in her department, and one of only a relative few women working for NASA in a technical role at that time. She was the first woman engineer hired by NASA for spacecraft testing.
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James Joyner
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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James Joyner is a political scientist who runs the weblog Outside The Beltway.
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Torrey Davis
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Torrey Davis is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He has also played for the Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football of the Florida Gators football team for the University of Florida and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team of the Jacksonville State University.
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Suzanne Francis
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Suzanne Francis is an English science fiction and fantasy author. She was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and now lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She has been married twice and has four children.
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Virginia Bass Wetherell
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Virginia Bass "Ginger" Wetherell is an American businesswoman and politician. She was a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2nd district between 1982 and 1988, then the first Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection from 1991-1998.
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William B. Bowling
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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William Bismarck Bowling was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
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Fred L. Blackmon
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Fred Leonard Blackmon was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
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Monte Lewis
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Monte Lewis is a former American football defensive lineman. He played college football at Jacksonville State University and attended Abbeville High School in Abbeville, Alabama. He has also been a member of the Washington Redskins, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Redblacks, San Jose SaberCats, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm.
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R.D. Alba
- Occupations
- film directortelevision directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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José Simplicio Yap Alba or José Simplicio Alba III, better known as R. D. Alba after his parents' initials, is a film and television director. He was born in Cebu, Philippines on September 4, 1978 to parents Drs. Disi Yap and Rey Cadagat Alba. He is the eldest of five children.
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Ronald E. Adams
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Enrolled in Jacksonville State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in business administration
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Ronald Emerson Adams is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army who served as commander of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina from October 1999 to September 2000. He previously served as commanding general of the United States Army Aviation Center from July 1994 to September 1996.
