11 Notable alumni of
Notre Dame de Namur University
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Notre Dame de Namur University is 2584th in the world, 905th in North America, and 857th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Notre Dame de Namur 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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Barbara Morgan
- Occupations
- teacherastronaut
- Biography
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Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a mission specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007. She is the first teacher to have been to space.
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Eddie Calvo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edward Jerome Baza Calvo /ˈbɑːzə ˈkælvoʊ/ is an American politician who served as the 8th Governor of Guam from January 3, 2011 to January 7, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Calvo was a five-term Senator within the Legislature of Guam. He became the Governor of Guam, having defeated Democrat Carl Gutierrez in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Calvo chose Senator Ray Tenorio as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam.
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Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell Kawānanakoa was a politician and Princess of Hawaii.
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María Cristina Vilanova
- Occupations
- writerpainterpoliticianwomen's rights activistpoet
- Biography
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María Cristina Vilanova Castro de Árbenz was the First Lady of Guatemala from 1951-1954, as wife of the Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán.
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Nic Belasco
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Nicholas M. Bayaca Belasco is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 2nd overall by Sunkist in 1997. Born in Stockton, California, he was an import for the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the Asean Basketball League. He was an assistant coach for the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He founded the Belasco Unlimited Skills Academy (BUSA).
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Ramon Durano VI
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ramon Hotchkiss Durano VI, also known as Red Durano, is a Filipino politician. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines in a 2005 special election, succeeding his brother Joseph Ace Durano as the Representative of the Fifth District of Cebu, following his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Tourism.
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Rodney Tention
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Rodney Ellis Tention is an American basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach at Cal Poly.
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Lailee Bakhtiar
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- novelistjournalist
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Lailee Inez Bakhtiar, is an American poet and novelist. Published in 2021, Esther Entering Your Destiny is the author's new non-fiction book about the historical and Biblical figure of Esther of the Old Testament Book of Esther. This analysis of Esther from the Bible describes her courage, influence, and spiritual role in ancient times.
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Belo Cipriani
- Occupations
- journalist
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Belo Miguel Cipriani is an American writer, publisher, and entrepreneur in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He is the founder of Oleb Media, a digital inclusion firm, and the disability publishing house Oleb Books. He is also an activist for LGBT, disabled and cultural minority communities. Cipriani has been a columnist for publications including the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post among others. He is the author of Blind: A Memoir (2011), which details the first two years of his recovery after he was attacked and beaten in the Castro District of San Francisco, California in 2007. Additionally, Cipriani is the official spokesperson for Guide Dogs For the Blind and was named "Best Disability Advocate" by SF Weekly in 2015.
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Alice Kamokilaikawai Campbell
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- politician
- Biography
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Alice Kamokilaikawai Campbell, also known as Kamokila Campbell or simply Kamokila, was a territorial Senator of Hawaiʻi from 1942 to 1946. She was a leading opponent of Hawaiian statehood, arguing that Hawaiians should not "forfeit the traditional rights and privileges of the natives of our islands for a mere thimbleful of votes in Congress." After her political career, she was dedicated to sharing moʻolelo, the traditional stories of the native Hawaiians.
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Sue Heon
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Susan Helen Heon, later known by her married name Susan Preston, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She finished fourth in the final event of the women's 400-meter individual medley.
