53 Notable alumni of
Northern Michigan University
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Northern Michigan University is 1081st in the world, 392nd in North America, and 367th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 53 notable alumni from Northern Michigan 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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Howard Schultz
- Occupations
- financierbusinesspersonwriterentrepreneur
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Howard D. Schultz is an American businessman and author who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz owned the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team from 2001 to 2006.
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Robert Saleh
- Occupations
- coachAmerican football coach
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Robert Saleh is an American football coach who is the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He has served as an assistant coach for the Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars, and San Francisco 49ers from 2005 to 2020. Saleh has appeared in two Super Bowls, one each with the Seahawks and 49ers, winning Super Bowl XLVIII with the former. He was named head coach of the Jets in 2020.
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Chad Gable
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlerprofessional wrestler
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Charles Edward Betts is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable and is the leader of Alpha Academy. He is a four-time tag team champion in WWE.
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Tom Izzo
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Thomas Michael Izzo; born January 30, 1955) is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995. On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Steve Mariucci
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- coachAmerican football coachplayer of American footballCanadian football player
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Stephen Ray Mariucci, nicknamed "Mooch", is an American sportscaster and former football coach who was the head coach of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the San Francisco 49ers (1997–2002) and the Detroit Lions (2003–2005), and for a year at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Jerry Glanville
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- American football coachplayer of American footballNASCAR team owner
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Jerry Michael Glanville is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for Northwestern Oklahoma State University, a position he has held since 2024. Prior to that, was most recently the head coach of the Alabama Airborne of Major League Football (MLFB). He played football at Northern Michigan University in the early 1960s, and is a former NASCAR driver and owner, and sportscaster. He served as head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1990 to 1994, compiling a career National Football League (NFL) record of 63–73. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Head Football Coach at Portland State University, tallying a mark of 9–24. Glanville has worked as an analyst on HBO's Inside the NFL, CBS's The NFL Today/NFL on CBS and Fox's coverage of the NFL. He has also raced on the Automobile Racing Club of America circuit. Glanville also briefly served as a consultant and liaison for the United Football League in 2011.
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Helen Maroulis
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- amateur wrestler
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Helen Louise Maroulis is an American freestyle wrestler who competes in the women's 55-kg, 53-kg, and 57-kg categories. She was a gold medalist at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada and a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil she became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games.
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Lloyd Carr
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- player of American football
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Lloyd Henry Carr Jr. is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season, replacing Gary Moeller. Under Carr, the Michigan Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles (1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004). Carr's undefeated 1997 team was declared the national champion by the Associated Press. His record coaching against top ten-ranked opponents was 20–8. Carr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2011.
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Mikaela Mayer
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- boxer
- Biography
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Mikaela Joslin Mayer is an American professional boxer. She is a former unified super featherweight world champion, holding the WBO female title since 2020 and the IBF female title since November 2021, before losing both in October 2022. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and competed for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics. As of February 2021, she is ranked as the world's second best active female super featherweight by BoxRec and third by The Ring, as well as the tenth best active female, pound for pound, by The Ring.
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Shani Davis
- Occupations
- short-track speed skaterspeed skater
- Biography
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Shani Earl Davis is an American former speed skater.
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Nick Baumgartner
- Occupations
- snowboarderracing automobile driver
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Nick Baumgartner is an American snowboarder from Iron River, Michigan. He competes in snowboard cross (SBX) and qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He won the gold and silver medals in the 2011 and 2012 Winter X Games. Baumgartner competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and won his first Olympic gold at the age of 40 in the 2022 Winter Olympics when he and teammate Lindsey Jacobellis won the inaugural Olympic mixed snowboard cross race.
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Tom Laidlaw
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- reality television participantice hockey player
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Thomas John Laidlaw is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman.
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Norm Breyfogle
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- comics artistvisual artistwriterillustrator
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Norman Keith Breyfogle was an American artist, best known for his comic book art on DC Comics' Batman franchise from 1987 to 1995. During this time, he co-created the villains Ventriloquist and Ratcatcher with writers Alan Grant and John Wagner, and the characters Anarky, Jeremiah Arkham, Victor Zsasz, and Amygdala with Grant alone. He co-created with writers Gerard Jones and Len Strazewski the Malibu Comics Ultraverse flagship hero Prime, and both wrote and drew the Malibu-published series featuring his original character Metaphysique.
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Don Waddell
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Donald Douglas Waddell is an American professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is the president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes.
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Matt Blanchard
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Matthew Ryan Blanchard is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for Wisconsin–Whitewater, and signed with the Chicago Bears after going undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft. Blanchard has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, and Indianapolis Colts.
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Erik Gustafsson
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Erik Gustafsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and captain for Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
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Dallas Drake
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Dallas James Drake is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger in the National Hockey League who last played for the Detroit Red Wings. Having played the beginning and end of his NHL career with Detroit, he won his first and only Stanley Cup championship in his final NHL season in 2008.
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Mike Santorelli
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Michael Santorelli is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played with Genève-Servette HC of the National League A and in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Anaheim Ducks.
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Dick Pole
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Richard Henry Pole is an American former professional baseball player and a former pitching coach. A right-handed pitcher, Pole was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) during his playing career.
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Jared Coreau
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Jared Coreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.
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Nathan Oystrick
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Nathan Oystrick is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Oystrick has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Atlanta Thrashers, Anaheim Ducks and St. Louis Blues. He was originally drafted by the Thrashers in the seventh round, 198th overall, at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Oystrick was named head coach of the Humboldt Broncos on July 3, 2018, but quit the position less than six months later without explanation.
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Tuomas Tarkki
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Tuomas Tarkki is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender, currently serving as director of goaltending coaching for the under-18 (U18) team of Vaasan Sport in the U18 SM-sarja and as an assistant coach to the Finnish women's national U18 team. He played college ice hockey in the NCAA and professionally in the Finnish Liiga, the American Hockey League (AHL), the Swedish Elitserien, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the Czech Extraliga, and the Danish Metal Ligaen.
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Andy Bisek
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
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Andy Bisek is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. Bisek is of Polish descent. He was a 2016 Olympian and two-time World bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing Team USA.
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Adam Hamari
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- athlete
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Adam Curtis Hamari is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire.
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Randi Miller
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Randi Criner Miller is an American wrestler, who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. She has now made a transition to mixed martial arts.
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Mark Olver
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Mark Olver is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey centre currently playing under contract to Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche. Mark is the younger brother of Darin Olver, who was his teammate in his tenure with Eisbären Berlin.
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Darin Olver
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Darin Olver is a Canadian-born German professional ice hockey left winger. He is currently playing for Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
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Justin Florek
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Justin Jacob Florek is an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. Florek was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 5th round (135th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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Caitlin Compton
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- cross-country skierbiathlete
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Caitlin Compton Gregg is an American cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.
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Spenser Mango
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
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Spenser Mango is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 55 kg weight class. He won his first match against Romanian, Virgil Munteanu, before losing the South Korean, Park Eun-chul.
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Andrew Sarauer
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- ice hockey player
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Andrew Sarauer Canadian-Hungarian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Fehérvár AV19 of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He has previously played in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Lake Erie Monsters, Norfolk Admirals, Rockford IceHogs and Hershey Bears, as well as the ECHL for the Johnstown Chiefs, Reading Royals and Las Vegas Wranglers.
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Bobby Jurasin
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- player of American footballCanadian football player
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Robert Jurasin is a former defensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1986 to 1997 and the Toronto Argonauts in 1998. He was a CFL All-Star in 1987, 1988, 1992 and 1997. He was a part of the Roughriders 1989 Grey Cup winning team. He also won the Molson Cup Most Popular Player in 1987 and 1997.
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J. P. Vigier
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- ice hockey player
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Jean-Pierre Vigier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers and in Switzerland's National League A for Genève-Servette HC and SC Bern between 2000 and 2012. Vigier served as captain for SC Bern during away games.
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Mark Beaufait
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- ice hockey player
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Mark David Beaufait is an American former professional ice hockey player. He resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks during the 1992–93 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2009, was spent mainly in the International Hockey League and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga - where he won 4 championships with Eisbären Berlin. Internationally he played for the American national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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Jeff Pyle
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Jeff Pyle is an American former ice hockey player and the current Director of Hockey Operations of the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators.
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Sheila E. Hixson
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- politician
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Sheila Ellis Hixson was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1976 to 2018. She represented District 20 in Montgomery County, Maryland which includes parts of Burtonsville, Takoma Park, and Silver Spring neighborhoods of Hillandale, Woodmoor, White Oak, Indian Springs, East Silver Spring, and Colesville. Hixson was the first female chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.
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Whitney Conder
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- amateur wrestler
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Whitney Conder is an American freestyle wrestler. In September 2012, she joined the U.S. Army as part of the World Class Athlete Program and serves with the military police. As a WCAP athlete, Conder has been a World Team member four times, a five-time national champion, and won a Military World silver medal. She won the gold medal in the 53 kg weight division at the 2015 Pan American Games.
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John D. Holum
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- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Biography
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John D. Holum was Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security under Bill Clinton.
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Shahzada Jamal Nazir
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- politician
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Shahzada 'Prince' Jamal Nazir is a Pakistani politician. In 2011, he was appointed by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani as adviser with the status of Federal Minister of State for the Ministry of National Regulations and Services. In 2013, he served in the interim cabinet as the Federal Minister for four ministries that included Ministry of Religious Affairs, Ministry of National Interfaith Harmony (old Minorities Ministry), Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, and Ministry of National Heritage & Integration. Currently, he is serving as Member National Commission on Minorites as a former Minister for National Interfaith Harmony.
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Juha Alén
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Juha Alén is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the SM-liiga for Ilves, Espoo Blues Lukko and Lukko and also played in the American Hockey League for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan for Mora IK and the Austrian Hockey League for Hungarian side Alba Volán Székesfehérvár. He was drafted 90th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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Geoff Waugh
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- ice hockey player
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Geoff Waugh is a retired Canadian-Croatian ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
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Kory Karlander
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Kory Karlander is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who most notably played for the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL.
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Dieter Kochan
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- ice hockey player
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Dieter Kochan, is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 2002 IIHF World Championship as well as 21 games for the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild between 2000 and 2003. He was the first player to be called up directly from the UHL to the NHL. He notably scored a goal for the B.C. Icemen, on January 5, 1999. He was a member of the Calder Cup champion Houston Aeros in 2002–03. Internationally Kochan played for the American national team at the 2002 World Championship.
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Jerry Dennis
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- writer
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Jerry Dennis is an American writer of nonfiction and short fiction. He is known for writing about the effect of human culture on the natural environment.
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Brianna Buentello
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- 1989-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- politician
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Brianna Buentello is an American politician who is a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives. A Democrat, she represented the 47th district, which includes parts of Fremont and Pueblo counties and all of Otero County, for one term. She served on the Rural Affairs and Agriculture Committee, and was the vice-chair of the Education Committee.
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Ray Pilon
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- politician
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Ray Pilon is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 72nd District, which includes northern Sarasota County, from 2012 to 2016, and the 69th district from 2010 to 2012. Pilon unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for Florida Senate District 23 in 2016, placing 4th, and was his party's unsuccessful nominee for his former seat in 2018, losing to Margaret Good.
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Steven E. Day
- Occupations
- military officer
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Steven E. Day is a United States Coast Guard rear admiral whose final duty assignment was Director of Reserve and leadership,. In this role he commanded the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He previously served as the US deputy commander for mobilization and reserve affairs, Atlantic Area, US Coast Guard.
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Nick Sirota
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Nick Sirota is a former American professional ice hockey Right winger who last played with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL.
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Ray Kaunisto
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
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Ray Kaunisto is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He last played with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL.
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Robert William Davis
- Occupations
- funeral directorpolitician
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Robert William Davis was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He represented the state's 11th congressional district, which at that time included the Upper Peninsula and a large portion of Northern Michigan, in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 1993.
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Joe Borri
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- writer
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Joe Borri is an artist and writer. Born and raised in Detroit, Borri graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1984. He is married and has four children.
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Charles H. Varnum
- Occupations
- politician
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Charles Henry Varnum was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing a portion of the Upper Peninsula for 26 years.
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Jack Gingrass
- Occupations
- politician
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Jack L. Gingrass was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing a portion of the Upper Peninsula in the 1960s and 1970s.
