14 Notable alumni of
Northwest Missouri State University
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Northwest Missouri State University is 2407th in the world, 826th in North America, and 780th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Northwest Missouri 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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Steve King
- Enrolled in Northwest Missouri State University
- Studied in 1967-1970
- Occupations
- business executivebusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Steven Arnold King is an American former politician and businessman who served as a U.S. representative from Iowa from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Iowa's 5th congressional district until 2013 and the state's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021.
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Kim Reynolds
- Enrolled in Northwest Missouri State University
- Studied in 1977-1980
- Occupations
- pharmacy technicianpolitician
- Biography
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Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first female governor in Iowa history.
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Gary Gaetti
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Gary Joseph Gaetti, is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins (1981–1990), California Angels (1991–1993), Kansas City Royals (1993–1995), St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999) and Boston Red Sox (2000).
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Edward Wiskoski
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Edward Wiskoski was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) under the ring name Colonel DeBeers from 1985 to 1990, as well as his work in the Pacific Northwestern National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories.
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Chris Stigall
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Chris Stigall is an American conservative talk radio personality, cable news contributor, online columnist and host of The Chris Stigall podcast. He currently hosts the morning show on Salem Media Group’s AM 990 The Answer in Philadelphia, and was the prior host of WPHT Morning Show in the Delaware Valley market from 2011 to March 2019. Previously, he hosted The KCMO Morning Show in the Kansas City market from 2006 until 2010.
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Jon A. Jensen
- Enrolled in Northwest Missouri State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Jon A. Jensen is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He served as the 22nd director of the Army National Guard from 2020 to 2024, and as the acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau from May to August 2024. He previously served as the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard from November 2017 to August 2020. Prior to that, he was assigned as commanding general of the 34th Infantry Division from January 2017 to October 2017 and as deputy commanding general for United States Army Africa from 2015 to 2017.
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Todd Whitaker
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- motivational speakerschool counselorpedagogueuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Todd Whitaker is an American educator, writer, motivational speaker, educational consultant, and professor. A leading presenter in the field of education, Dr. Whitaker has published over 60 books on staff motivation, teacher leadership, technology, middle level practices, instructional improvement, and principal effectiveness, including the national best-seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Before leaving in 2016, he was a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University. In 2013, Dr. Whitaker received the President's Medal from Indiana State University, the university's highest award for faculty.
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Zoé Samudzi
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Zoé Samudzi is an American writer and activist known for her co-authored book As Black as Resistance. Samudzi has written for The New Inquiry, The Daily Beast and Vice magazine. Samudzi was a 2017 Public Imagination Fellow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of African-American and Africana Studies at The Ohio State University.
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Laura Duffy
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Laura Elizabeth Duffy is an American lawyer and judge who serves on the San Diego County Superior Court and served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2010 to 2017.
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David R. Hansen
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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David Rasmussen Hansen is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
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Wilbur Stalcup
- Years
- 1910-1972 (aged 62)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Wilbur Neil "Sparky" Stalcup was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—from 1933 to 1943 and at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962, compiling a career college basketball record of 332–236. Stalcup was also the athletic director at Missouri from 1971 until his death in 1972.
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Duck Dowell
- Occupations
- basketball playerhead coachbasketball coach
- Biography
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Robert Loren "Duck" Dowell was an American professional basketball player for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the United States' National Basketball League during the 1937–38 season. After an All-American collegiate career at Northwest Missouri State, Dowell also competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the Denver Piggly Wigglies.
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Philip Wise
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Philip Leon "Phil" Wise is a former ten-term Iowa State Representative. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 through 2009 and did not seek re-election in 2008. He received his BS and MS from Northwest Missouri State University.
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Tom Moore
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tom Moore is an American politician. He is a Republican who has represented District 18 in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2015.
