12 Notable alumni of
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University is 1829th in the world, 651st in North America, and 613th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Kennesaw 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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Ty Pennington
- Occupations
- modeltelevision presenteractortelevision actorjoiner
- Biography
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Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, and former model and actor.
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Jasmine Burke
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Jasmine Burke is an American actress. She is starring as Dr. Christie Johnson in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, Saints & Sinners.
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Alan Busenitz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Alan Paul Busenitz is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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James Wade Jr
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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James Wade, known as Coco, is an American-French basketball head coach for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wade won the WNBA's Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year awards in 2019 and 2022 respectively, and led the Sky to their first WNBA Championship in 2021.
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Max Pentecost
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Maxwell Glen Pentecost is an American former professional baseball catcher. Prior to playing professionally, Pentecost attended Kennesaw State University, where he played college baseball for the Kennesaw State Owls baseball team. He was selected in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Blue Jays.
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Dar'shun Kendrick
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Dar'shun Nicole Kendrick is an American attorney and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 95th district; she previously represented the 94th and 93rd districts. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Chad Jenkins
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stephen Chadwick Jenkins is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Ali Shilatifard
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- molecular biologistresearcherbiochemist
- Biography
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Ali Shilatifard is an American biochemist/molecular biologist, the Robert Francis Furchgott Professor and Chairman of the department of biochemistry and molecular genetics, and the director of the Simpson Query Institute for Epigenetics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He has served as a senior editor for the journal Science, and currently serves as the Editor for Science's open access journal Science Advances. Research in Shilatifard's lab focuses on the cause of childhood leukemia through chromosomal translocations, the role of ELL in this process, and the discovery of the Super Elongation Complex as being a central complex linking MLL translocations into a diverse number of genes to leukemic pathogenesis. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and elected member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAA&S).
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Richard Lovelady
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Richard Tyler Lovelady is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals.
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Michael Ryan Caldwell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Ryan Caldwell is an American entrepreneur and the Mayor of Woodstock, Georgia. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Technology Authority since October 15, 2020, and a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 20th district between January 13, 2013, and January 11, 2021. He is also the cofounder and the Partner for Operations and Business Development at Black Airplane, an award-winning digital product company headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia.
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Maria Rubert
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Maria Rubert is an international lawyer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Bradley S. James
- Enrolled in Kennesaw State University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Bradley S. James is a United States Marine Corps major general who most recently served as the Commander of United States Marine Corps Forces Korea from May 30, 2019 to June 27, 2022. Previously, he served as the Commanding General of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing until April 13, 2019. Bradley assumed command of the 4th MAW from Major General William T. Collins on April 29, 2016. He also served as acting commander of Marine Forces Reserve from November 2018 to May 2019.
