100 Notable alumni of
Oregon State University
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Oregon State University is 297th in the world, 122nd in North America, and 115th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Oregon 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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Jensen Huang
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- Studied in 1984
- Occupations
- entrepreneurelectrical engineerengineercomputer scientistmanager
- Biography
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Jen-Hsun Huang, commonly anglicized as Jensen Huang, is a Taiwanese and American business executive, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, the world's largest company by market capitalization. As of January 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$164.1 billion, making Huang the eighth-wealthiest individual in the world.
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Colby Covington
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- 2009-2011 graduated with bachelor's degree in sociology
- Occupations
- presenterprofessional wrestleramateur wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Colby Ray Covington is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion. As of February 10, 2026, he is #14 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
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Phil Knight
- Occupations
- writerphilanthropistbusinesspersonentrepreneur
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Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$35.4 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was part of the track and field club under coach Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon with whom he would later co-found Nike.
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Gary Payton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 seasons. Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, where he holds franchise records in assists and steals and led them to an NBA Finals appearance. He also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers (with whom he made his second Finals appearance in 2004), the Boston Celtics, and Miami Heat. Payton won an NBA championship with the Heat in 2006. Nicknamed "the Glove" for his defensive abilities, Payton was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. In October 2021, Payton was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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Chad Johnson
- Occupations
- American football playerassociation football playerCanadian football player
- Biography
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Chad Ochocinco Johnson, known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Santa Monica Corsairs and the Oregon State Beavers, and played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the New England Patriots during his tenure playing in the NFL. He was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft, and played for them for 10 seasons. "Ochocinco", which means "eight five" in Spanish, derives from his number, eighty-five. In 2011, Johnson was traded to the Patriots, for whom he played in Super Bowl XLVI.
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Linus Pauling
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- 1917-1922 graduated with Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacherbiochemistcrystallographerpeace activist
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Linus Carl Pauling FRS was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
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Sara Jean Underwood
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorfilm actormodelPlayboy Playmate
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Sara Jean Underwood is an American model, television host and actress who was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue of Playboy magazine and later became Playmate of the Year in 2007. She is a former host of Attack of the Show! on G4.
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Gary Payton II
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- Studied in 2014-2016
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gary Dwayne Payton II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a junior and senior playing college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers, Payton was named first-team All-Pac-12 as well as Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. He won his first NBA championship with the Warriors in 2022.
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Jeff Monson
- Occupations
- boxerBrazilian jiu-jitsu practitionerpoliticianmixed martial arts fighter
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Jeffrey William Monson is an American-born Russian mixed martial artist, boxer, and submission grappler who competes primarily in the heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 1997, he has competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, PRIDE, M-1 Global, Impact FC, World Victory Road, and Cage Warriors. In submission wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Monson is a two-time ADCC World Champion and a no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion.
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Brent Barry
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Brent Robert Barry, also known by the nickname "Bones", is an American professional basketball coach, executive, broadcaster and former player. He is a game analyst for Amazon Prime's coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The shooting guard played professionally in the NBA, winning two league championships with the Spurs in 2005 and 2007, and also won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1996. He is the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry.
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Douglas Engelbart
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- In 1948 graduated with bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- inventor
- Biography
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Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him.
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Mike Gabbard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerald Michael Gabbard is an American politician who is the Hawaii state senator for District 21 from the Democratic Party, since 2006. Gabbard rose to prominence for efforts to prevent same-sex marriage in Hawaii by passing a 1998 amendment to the Constitution of Hawaii to give the state legislature "the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples" under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Gabbard, who was born in American Samoa, is the first person of Samoan descent to serve in the Hawaii Senate.
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Jade Carey
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
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Jade Ashtyn Carey is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women's team, nicknamed the "Golden Girls".
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Jacoby Ellsbury
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 through 2013 and then played for the New York Yankees from 2014 to 2017. An enrolled member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Ellsbury is the first Native American of Navajo descent to play Major League Baseball.
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Brandon Browner
- Occupations
- gridiron football playerflag football playerCanadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Brandon Kemar Browner is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, and New Orleans Saints, and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Calgary Stampeders. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers before signing with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
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Adley Rutschman
- Occupations
- baseball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Adley Stan Rutschman is an American professional baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year in 2019. The Orioles selected Rutschman with the first overall selection in the 2019 MLB draft, and he signed for $8.1 million, at the time the highest MLB draft signing bonus ever. Rutschman made his MLB debut in 2022 and is a two-time All-Star.
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A. C. Green
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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A.C. Green Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Iron Man", he holds a National Basketball Association (NBA) record for most consecutive regular-season games played with 1,192. Green played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat. He found most success with the Lakers, with whom he won three championships in 1987, 1988 and 2000, and was named an NBA All-Star in 1990.
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Ted Stevens
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left office. He was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from 2003 to 2007, and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of president pro tempore emeritus. He was previously Solicitor of the Interior Department from 1960 to 1961. Stevens has been described as one of the most powerful members of Congress and as the most powerful member of Congress from the Northwestern United States.
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Jordan Poyer
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jordan Lynn-Baxter Poyer is an American professional football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers, where he was a consensus All-American. Poyer was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2013 NFL draft, but was waived only a few months into his rookie season. After becoming a backup safety for the Cleveland Browns, Poyer later became a starter for the Buffalo Bills, where he formed one of the league's top safety tandems alongside Micah Hyde. Poyer earned All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolades while on the Bills. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins.
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J. B. Bickerstaff
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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John-Blair Bickerstaff is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously the head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and has also been an assistant coach for several other NBA teams.
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Michael Conforto
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Thomas Conforto, nicknamed "Scooter", is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Pinto Colvig
- Occupations
- circus performeranimatoractorclownvoice actor
- Biography
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Vance DeBar Colvig Sr., known professionally as Pinto Colvig, was an American actor, cartoonist, and circus and vaudeville performer whose schtick was playing the clarinet off-key while mugging. Colvig was the original performer of the Disney characters Goofy and Pluto, as well as Bozo the Clown and Bluto in Popeye. In 1993, he was posthumously made a Disney Legend for his contributions to Walt Disney Films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Fun and Fancy Free.
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Frits Bolkestein
- Occupations
- playwrightautobiographerhistorianeconomistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein was a Dutch politician and energy executive who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 1999 until 2004 under Romano Prodi.
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John Ensign
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- In 1981 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- general managerveterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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John Eric Ensign is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair. A member of the Republican Party, Ensign previously represented Nevada's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, the only Republican to represent the district. Following his resignation from the Senate, Ensign returned to Nevada and resumed his career as a veterinarian.
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John Hekker
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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John Robert Hekker is an American professional football punter for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Hekker played ten seasons with the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams from 2012 to 2021, appearing in Super Bowl LIII and winning in Super Bowl LVI. He played for the Carolina Panthers from 2022 to 2024. Hekker is a four-time First-team All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler. He also holds the NFL record for longest punt in Super Bowl history, with a 65-yarder that he delivered in Super Bowl LIII.
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William Oefelein
- Occupations
- engineerastronautmilitary officeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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William Anthony Oefelein is an American freelance adventure writer and photographer and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission.
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Philip Emeagwali
- Occupations
- computer scientistmathematicianengineer
- Biography
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Philip Emeagwali is a Nigerian computer scientist. He is accused of making controversial statements about his achievements, such as inventing the Internet and creating the world's fastest computer, the Connection Machine, which are disputed by the scientific society or community
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Jodi Ann Paterson
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorbeauty pageant contestantfilm actormodel
- Biography
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Jodi Ann Paterson is an American model, actress and former beauty queen. She competed in the Miss Teen USA competition as Miss Oregon Teen USA in 1994. She is Playboy's Playmate for October 1999, and was named Playmate of the Year (PMOY) in 2000. She has also modeled for Perfect 10. She is married to 1991 CART series champion and current IndyCar team owner Michael Andretti.
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Drew Eubanks
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Drew Eubanks is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Jay Harbaugh
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Jay Patrick Harbaugh is an American professional football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). A member of the Harbaugh family, he is the son of Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, grandson of former player and coach Jack Harbaugh, and the nephew of New York Giants head coach, John Harbaugh.
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Jacquizz Rodgers
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jacquizz "Quizz" Rodgers is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers, and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft.
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Stefen Romero
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stefen Daniel Romero is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Orix Buffaloes.
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Jared Cunningham
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jared Armon Cunningham is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Oregon State, where he was an All-Pac-12 first team selection before being selected with the 24th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Luke Heimlich
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Luke Andrew Heimlich is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He attended Oregon State University and played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers. He was named the Collegiate Pitcher of the Year in 2018.
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Donald Pettit
- Occupations
- chemistengineerastronaut
- Biography
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Donald Roy Pettit is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. He is a veteran of three long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, one Space Shuttle mission, and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2026, at age 70, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut and the third oldest person to reach orbit, behind John Glenn and Larry Connor. He has accumulated 590 days in space.
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Suzanne W. Simard
- Occupations
- naturalistecologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Suzanne Simard is a Canadian forestry scientist and conservationist who is best known for her research on forest ecology and plant intelligence.
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Eric Moreland
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Eric Andrew Moreland is an American professional basketball player for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Katharine Jefferts Schori
- Occupations
- bishopAnglican priest
- Biography
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Katharine Jefferts Schori is the former presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected as a primate in the Anglican Communion, meaning she was the first woman to lead a national church body in the Anglican tradition. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006, and invested at Washington National Cathedral on November 4, 2006, and continued until November 1, 2015, when Michael Bruce Curry was invested in the position. She took part in her first General Convention of the Episcopal Church as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in July 2009.
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Matt Boyd
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew Robert Boyd is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, and Cleveland Guardians.
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George Bruns
- Occupations
- trombonistfilm score composerconductorcomposerpianist
- Biography
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George Edward Bruns was an American composer of music for film and television. His accolades include four Academy Award nominations and three Grammy Award nominations. He is mainly known for his compositions for numerous Disney films from the 1950s to the 1970s, among them Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Absent-Minded Professor (both 1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Love Bug (1968), The Aristocats (1970), and Robin Hood (1973).
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Irwandi Yusuf
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Irwandi Yusuf is an Indonesian politician who was the governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012.
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Camille Herron
- Occupations
- marathon runnerultramarathon runner
- Biography
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Jacquelyn Camille Herron is an American ultramarathon runner. She has achieved 12 world records in ultramarathon distances.
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Markus Wheaton
- Occupations
- athletics competitorAmerican football player
- Biography
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Markus Levonte Wheaton is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round (79th overall) of the 2013 NFL draft. He also played for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles.
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Jake Luton
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Jake Luton is an American professional football quarterback. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft. He played college football for the Idaho Vandals, Ventura Pirates, and Oregon State Beavers.
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Katherine Ann Power
- Occupations
- bank robber
- Biography
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Katherine Ann Power, also known under the aliases Mae Kelly and Alice Louise Metzinger, is an American ex-convict and long-time fugitive, who, along with her fellow student and accomplice Susan Edith Saxe, was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1970. The two participated in robberies at a Massachusetts National Guard armory and a bank in Brighton, Massachusetts, where Boston police officer Walter Schroeder was shot and killed. Power remained at large for twenty-three years.
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Steve Lyons
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stephen John Lyons is an American former professional baseball player who previously worked as a television sportscaster for the New England Sports Network (NESN). He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams over a period of nine seasons (1985–1993), including four stints with the Boston Red Sox. He was initially an outfielder and third baseman, but found a niche as a utility player. After his retirement as a player, he became a television baseball commentator. In 2021, NESN announced Lyons would not be returning to his in-studio pre- and post-game analyst role.
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Meghna Chakrabarti
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Meghna Chakrabarti is an American journalist and radio producer. She is the host of NPR's On Point. She was the long-time host for the Modern Love podcast. She formerly hosted the WBUR local news program Radio Boston and was the primary fill-in host for Here & Now, produced by WBUR and distributed nationally by NPR.
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José Ortiz
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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José Rafael "Piculín" Ortiz Rijos is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, various European teams, and in Puerto Rico's Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Ortiz played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Travis Bazzana
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Travis William Bazzana is an Australian professional baseball second baseman in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was drafted first overall in the 2024 MLB draft by the Guardians.
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Ava Helen Pauling
- Occupations
- women's rights activisthuman rights defender
- Biography
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Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights activist. Throughout her life, she was involved in various social movements including women's rights, racial equality, and international peace.
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Sarah Kennedy
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sarah Kennedy is an American actress who appeared in many popular television shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She was also an occasional guest on Match Game and The Tonight Show, and appeared in films such as The Telephone Book (1971) and The Working Girls (1974).
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Isaiah Hodgins
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Isaiah Hodgins is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft.
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Terry Baker
- Occupations
- gridiron football playerCanadian football playerlawyerbasketball playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Terry Wayne Baker is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football and basketball at Oregon State University, where he was a member and president of Phi Delta Theta. Baker played for the Oregon State Beavers football team from 1960 to 1962, winning the Heisman Trophy as a senior. In the spring of his senior year, he led the basketball team to the 1963 Final Four. To date, he is the only athlete to win a Heisman Trophy and play in the Final Four.
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Trevor Bardette
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Trevor Bardette was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of Adventures of Superman and as Newman Haynes Clanton, or Old Man Clanton, in 21 episodes of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
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Knute Buehler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Knute Carl Buehler is an American physician and politician who served as the Oregon State Representative for the 54th district from 2015 until January 2019. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2018 election, losing to incumbent Democrat Kate Brown. In 2021, he stated that he had left the Republican Party, citing the state party's response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack as his primary motivation. Buehler is no longer registered with any political party.
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Yung Bae
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Dallas Cotton also known as Yung Bae, is a future funk producer from Portland, Oregon, known for his Bae series of albums which sampled American disco, funk, and 1980s Japanese city pop.
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Lisa Jackson
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Susan Lisa Jackson is an American author of over 75 romance novels and romantic suspense novels.
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Khiry Shelton
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Khiry Lamar Shelton is an American professional soccer player. He has also represented the United States at the under-18 and under-23 levels.
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Cecil D. Andrus
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cecil Dale Andrus was an American politician who served as 26th and 28th governor of Idaho, for a total of fourteen years. A Democrat, he also served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter Administration. Andrus lost his first gubernatorial election in 1966 but won four (in 1970, 1974, 1986, and 1990) becoming the second Governor of Idaho to serve non-consecutive terms (the first was Republican C. A. Bottolfsen), and his fourteen years as governor is the most in state history.
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Willi Unsoeld
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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William Francis Unsoeld was an American mountaineer who was a member of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest. The American Mount Everest Expedition was led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, and included Unsoeld, Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Barry Bishop and Tom Hornbein. Whittaker, with Sherpa Nawang Gombu, reached the summit on May 1, 1963. Unsoeld, Hornbein, Bishop and Jerstad reached the top on May 22, 1963. Unsoeld and Hornbein's climb was the first ascent from the peak's west ridge, and the first major traverse of a Himalayan peak. His subsequent activities included working as a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper, Peace Corps director in Nepal, speaker for Outward Bound, faculty member at Oregon State University and The Evergreen State College and mountaineering guide. He died on Mount Rainier in an avalanche.
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Jo Rae Perkins
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- In 2013 graduated with bachelor's degree in political science
- Occupations
- financial adviserreal-estate agentpolitician
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Jo Rae Perkins is an American perennial candidate who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for both the 2020 U.S. Senate election and 2022 U.S. Senate election in Oregon. Perkins lives in Albany, Oregon, and has received national attention for her belief in QAnon.
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Alan Gordon
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alan Gordon is an American former professional soccer player. In the majority of his career, Gordon was mostly relied upon to make goals in game as a Super–sub.
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Mel Counts
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Mel Grant Counts is an American former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1964 to 1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1964 NBA draft. The Celtics won the NBA Championship in 1965 and 1966 with Counts on the team as Bill Russell's backup, but he was traded for the 1967 season to the Baltimore Bullets. Halfway through that season he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, who made it to the playoffs that year.
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Steve Kragthorpe
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Steven Jon Kragthorpe was an American college football head coach. He served as the head coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2003 through 2006 and the Louisville Cardinals from 2007 to 2009. After his head coaching career he was an administrative assistant for the Louisiana State University football program after previously serving as quarterbacks coach for the Tigers football team.
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Robbie Findley
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Robert Findley is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He was capped 11 times by the United States national team, having made his international debut in 2007.
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Lonnie Shelton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Lonnie Jewel Shelton was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who played from 1976 to 1985.
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Ethan Thompson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ethan Ivan Thompson is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers and represents the Puerto Rican national team.
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Vance Colvig
- Occupations
- film screenwritercomposerfilm actorfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Vance DeBar Colvig Jr. was an American actor and writer. He voiced Chopper the Bulldog on The Yogi Bear Show. In the 1980s, he made guest appearances in various films, television series, and music videos.
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Andy Levitre
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Andrew Steven Levitre is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. He also played in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons.
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Trevor Larnach
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Trevor John Ikaikaloa Larnach is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.
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Marion Eugene Carl
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Marion Eugene Carl was an American military officer, World War II fighter ace, record-setting test pilot, and naval aviator. He was the United States Marine Corps' first ace in World War II.
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Steve Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Clarence Stephen Johnson is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played the power forward and center positions.
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Andrew Susac
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Andrew John Susac is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Susac played college baseball at Oregon State University.
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Kylor Kelley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kylor Kelley is an American professional basketball player for the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Tres Tinkle
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tres Anthony Tinkle is an American professional basketball player for Trabzonspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.
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Marie Gülich
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marie Isabelle Gülich is a German professional basketball player. She was drafted 12th overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2018 WNBA draft. Gülich played center for the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team in college. During the 2019 WNBA draft she was traded to the Atlanta Dream for the 11th overall pick Brianna Turner.
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George Oppen
- Occupations
- poetwritercarpenter
- Biography
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George Oppen was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism and moved to Mexico in 1950 to avoid the attentions of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He returned to poetry—and to the United States—in 1958, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1969.
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Norris C. Poulson
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Norris Poulson was an American politician who represented Southern California in public office at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as the 36th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1953 to 1961, after having been a California State Assemblyman and then a member of the United States Congress. He was a Republican.
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Emery Welshman
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Emery Simeon Alexander Welshman is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Canada, Welshman represented the Guyana national team.
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George Andrews
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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George Eyre Andrews is an American mathematician working in special functions, number theory, analysis and combinatorics.
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Warren M. Washington
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- Graduated with Master of Science in meteorology
- Occupations
- university teacherclimatologistmeteorologist
- Biography
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Warren Morton Washington was an American atmospheric scientist, a chair of the National Science Board, and a Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. His research was part of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. In 2019, he was awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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Casten Nemra
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Casten Ned Nemra is a Marshallese politician who was President of the Marshall Islands for 17 days in January 2016. He was elected by the Nitijeļā (Parliament) as President in January 2016, following the 2015 general election, narrowly defeating Senator Alvin Jacklick, a seven-term member of Parliament, by a 17–16 vote. He was the youngest person to hold the job and the second commoner. He was ousted by a vote of no confidence after just two weeks in office by the opposition for jumping ship and joining Iroij Mike Kabua's Aelon Kein Ad party along with Senators Dennis Momotaro and Daisy-Alik Momotaro.
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Hassani Dotson
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Hassani Dotson Stephenson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders.
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Danny Mwanga
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jean-Marie Daniel "Danny" Mwanga is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Bella Bixby
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Annabella Madeleine Bixby is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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Timothy W. Tong
- Occupations
- justice of the peace
- Biography
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Timothy W. Tong is a former president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He became President on 1 January 2009, succeeding Poon Chung Kwong. After stepping down, his post was taken over by Philip C. H. Chan as interim President. Prior to obtaining the presidency, Tong was Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at George Washington University in the United States.
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Brian Boquist
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian James Boquist is an American politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 from 2009 until 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he briefly defected to the Independent Party from 2021 until 2023. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley, from 2005 to 2009.
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Josh Osich
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Joshua Michael Osich is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2015 and also played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs. He is one of the only players in MLB history who is of Basque descent.
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Swede Halbrook
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Harvey Wade "Swede" Halbrook was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player from 1960 to 1962. He played in college for Oregon State University, and at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m), was at the time the tallest player to ever play college and professional basketball.
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Loren Leman
- Occupations
- civil engineerengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Loren Dwight Leman is an American politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska, from 2002 to 2006. Before that, he served in both houses of the state legislature, and was elected as the Senate Majority Leader by the end of his term. He served in office in electoral politics from 1989 to 2006. When Leman was elected as lieutenant governor in 2002, he was the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska. He also has Russian-Polish ancestry.
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Ken Forsch
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Roth Forsch is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from 1970 to 1984, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he helped the franchise win its first-ever National League Western Division title and postseason berth in 1980. A two-time All-Star player, Forsch pitched a no-hitter for the Astros on April 7, 1979. He ended his baseball career playing for the California Angels.
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Dwan Edwards
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Dwan Sedaine Edwards is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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Brad Avakian
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Brad Peter Avakian is an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Oregon House, the Oregon Senate, and as the state's nonpartisan elected Labor Commissioner.
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F. Wayne Valley
- Years
- 1914-1986 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Francis Wayne Valley was an American businessman, philanthropist and football player. He attended Oregon State University in the 1930s, where he was a starting linebacker and fullback on the Oregon State Beavers football team, though he would ultimately graduate with a business degree from the University of Oregon due to OSU cutting his program of study. He would later go on to a successful career in the homebuilding industry, starting his first building business in the late 1940s. His businesses were based in the East Bay city of San Leandro, California, where he lived. He and his family later moved to Piedmont, California, in the late 1960s.
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Scott Rueck
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Scott Michael Rueck is the head coach of the Oregon State University women's basketball team.
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Darlene Hooley
- Enrolled in Oregon State University
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Darlene Kay Olson Hooley is an American politician and former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district.
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Robert Cheeke
- Occupations
- motivational speaker
- Biography
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Robert Cheeke is an American vegan activist and former bodybuilder.
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Angus Brandt
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Angus John Brandt is an Australian professional basketball player for the Veltex Shizuoka of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Oregon State University before beginning his professional career with the Sydney Kings in 2014. After two seasons with the Kings, he joined the Perth Wildcats, where he won two NBL championships in three years. He has also had stints in Lithuania, New Zealand and Italy.
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Chris Lee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Kalani Cushman Lee is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate. He was the youngest member and only millennial serving in the Hawaii State Legislature when elected in November, 2008. He currently serves as Majority Whip and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and commissions.
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Jaquori McLaughlin
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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JaQuori McLaughlin is an American professional basketball player for the Valley Suns of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers and the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.
