23 Notable alumni of
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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The Millersville University of Pennsylvania is 2053rd in the world, 702nd in North America, and 660th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from the Millersville University of Pennsylvania sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Black Thought
- Occupations
- recording artistrappermusicianfilm actorsongwriter
- Biography
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Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia. Regarded as "one of the most skilled, incisive, and prolific rappers of his time", he is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics. He and The Roots perform as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, frequently playing games with Fallon and his guests.
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Umar Johnson
- Occupations
- child and adolescent psychotherapist
- Biography
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Umar Rashad Ibn Abdullah-Johnson, better known simply as Dr. Umar, is an American Black activist, psychologist, and motivational speaker. Johnson is a self-proclaimed Prince of Pan-Africanism who condemns interracial marriage and homosexuality. He has been described as a Hotep.
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Malik B
- Occupations
- songwriterrapper
- Biography
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Malik Abdul-Basit Smart was an American rapper, singer, and founding member of the Philadelphia-based hip hop band the Roots. He appeared on the band's first four albums before his departure, but often returned for subsequent releases.
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Hugh Herr
- Occupations
- biophysicistresearcherengineerrock climber
- Biography
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Hugh Herr is an American rock climber, engineer, and biophysicist. When he was young, both of his legs were amputated below the knee during a blizzard in a rock climbing trip. After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, Herr began climbing again, using specialized prostheses he designed for himself, becoming the first person with a major amputation to perform in a sport on par with elite-level, able-bodied persons. He holds the patents to the Rheo Knee, an active ankle-foot orthosis, which is the world's first powered ankle-foot prosthesis.
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Ashley Moyer-Gleich
- Occupations
- refereebasketball official
- Biography
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Ashley Moyer-Gleich is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 13. Moyer-Gleich became the fourth woman to be a full-time NBA referee. Moyer-Gleich played college basketball at Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Moyer-Gleich previously refereed in NBA Gatorade League for two seasons and the 2018 WNBA season before becoming a full-time referee for the 2018-19 NBA season. On October 22, 2018, Moyer-Gleich made her NBA official debut refereeing a regular season contest between Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. On November 15, 2018, the NBA announced that Moyer-Gleich was promoted to a full-time member of the league's officiating staff which she previously officiated three regular-season games and two preseason games as a non-staff referee.
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Nicole Brewer
- Occupations
- modeljournalistbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Nicole Brewer is an American news reporter. She is a former Miss Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tim Mayza
- Occupations
- professional baseball player
- Biography
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Timothy Gerard Mayza is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. The Blue Jays selected Mayza in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2017.
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Silvia Vásquez-Lavado
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- social workerhumanitarianmountaineerexplorerwomen's rights activist
- Biography
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Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a Peruvian-American mountaineer, author, social entrepreneur and technologist. In June 2016, she became the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest and the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each continent from both the Messner and Bass lists.
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Eliphalet Oram Lyte
- Occupations
- writer
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Eliphalet Oram Lyte was an American teacher and author of grammar and composition textbooks. He is credited as the composer of the tune to the popular song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in the publication The Franklin Square Song Collection (1881, New York). It is also indicated that he adapted the lyrics, previously published to a different melody.
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Jordan A. Harris
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Jordan A. Harris is an American politician who has served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2013, representing the 186th district in South and Southwest Philadelphia. A member of the Democratic Party, he currently serves as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
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Scott Martin
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott Martin is an American politician from Pennsylvania who has been a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district since January 3, 2017. He was previously a two-term Lancaster county commissioner and chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican County Commissioners Caucus. Martin is married to Amber Martin and they have four children. After a six-month exploratory committee, on December 11, 2021, Martin announced his intention to seek the office of governor of Pennsylvania. He suspended his gubernatorial bid on February 11, 2022, because of complications from a broken leg and other injuries suffered in an accident, resulting in surgery.
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Gertrude I. Johnson
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Gertrude I. Johnson was a college-educated American teacher and co-founder of Johnson & Wales Business School.
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Mary T. Wales
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Mary Tiffany Wales was a college-educated teacher and co-founder of Johnson & Wales Business School in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Joseph Berg Esenwein
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- writerjournalistlecturer
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Joseph Berg Esenwein was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the Library of the World's Best Literature.
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Joseph Franklin Biddle
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- publisherpoliticianlawyerjournalist
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Joseph Franklin Biddle was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Robert Smith Walker
- Enrolled in the Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- assistantpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Robert Smith Walker is a former American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. He was known for his fiery rhetoric and knowledge of parliamentary procedure.
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R. William Field
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
- Biography
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R. William Field is an academic scholar and Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology within the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. He received a BS and MS degree in Biology from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Preventive Medicine from the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in 1994. Field is currently an occupational and environmental epidemiologist as well as an internationally recognized expert on the measurement and health effects of radon gas.
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Robert E. Evans
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Emory Evans was a Nebraska Republican politician.
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Matthew Knisely
- Occupations
- writerphotojournalist
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Matthew "Matt" Knisely is an American TV Photojournalist and an American author known for professional standards and his vivid editing and use of depth of field in his photography.
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William Walton Griest
- Occupations
- editorpoliticianjournalistteacher
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William Walton Griest was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Andrew Cassilly
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Cassilly is a senior advisor to Maryland governor Larry Hogan in the Governor's Legislative Office. Cassilly is a Republican who represented district 35B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019 when he resigned to work for Hogan. He is the brother of state senator Robert Cassilly and former Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly.
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Marriott Henry Brosius
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Marriott Henry Brosius was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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D. Newlin Fell
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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David Newlin Fell served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1910, and as chief justice from 1910 to 1915.
