14 Notable alumni of
Ottawa University - Ottawa
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Ottawa University - Ottawa is 2704th in the world, 947th in North America, and 895th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Ottawa University - Ottawa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Trent Franks
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Harold Trent Franks is an American businessman and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 (numbered as the 2nd district from 2003 to 2013). He is a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure, Franks served as vice chairman of the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and chairman of the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
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Oksana Syroyid
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Oksana Ivanivna Syroyid is a Ukrainian politician and jurist. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary elections. In December 2014, she became the first woman to serve as the deputy speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament. Since October 2019 Syroyid is the party leader of Self Reliance.
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Derrick Ward
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Derrick LaRon Ward is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft and played for the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans. He played college football at Fresno State University and Ottawa University.
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Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
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- novelistwriteracademic
- Biography
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Ezzedine Choukri Fishere is an Egyptian novelist, diplomat and academic.
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Dorothy C. Stratton
- Occupations
- university teacherpsychologistmilitary officer
- Biography
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Dorothy Constance Stratton is best known as the first director of the SPARS, the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve.
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Michèle Lamont
- Occupations
- researchersociologist
- Biography
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Michèle Lamont is a Canadian sociologist who is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and a professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Harvard University. She is a contributor to the study of culture, inequality, racism and anti-racism, the sociology of morality, evaluation and higher education, and the study of cultural and social change. She is the recipient of the Gutenberg Award and the Erasmus award, for her "devoted contribution to social science research into the relationship between knowledge, power, and diversity." She has received honorary degrees from five countries. and been elected to the British Academy, Royal Society of Canada, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, and the Sociological Research Association. She served as president of the American Sociological Association from 2016 to 2017.
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Reema Harrysingh-Carmona
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Reema Harrysingh-Carmona is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian economist who served as the First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 until 2018. She is the wife of the fifth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona.
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Daniel D. Crabtree
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Dale Crabtree is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
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Wayne Angell
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Wayne D. Angell is an American economist, politician and professor who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1986 to 1994.
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Abdul Alkalimat
- Biography
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Abdul Alkalimat is an American professor of African-American studies and library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is the author of several books, including Introduction to Afro-American Studies (1984), The African American Experience in Cyberspace (2004), Malcolm X for Beginners (1990), and The History of Black Studies (2021). He curates two websites related to African-American history, "Malcolm X: A Research Site" and "eBlack Studies".
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Merritt C. Mechem
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Merritt Cramer Mechem was an American politician who served as territorial Supreme Court justice and fifth governor of New Mexico.
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Lori Peek
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- researchersociologist
- Biography
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Lori Peek is a professor of Sociology at University of Colorado at Boulder and director of the Natural Hazards Center. Peek has received many awards for her scholarship, her career in teaching, and her service to the discipline of sociology and broader hazards and disaster field. On April 20, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated Peek to be a Member of Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
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Ashok Vijh
- Enrolled in Ottawa University - Ottawa
- In 1966 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Ashok K. Vijh, is an Indian born Canadian chemist. He was born in Punjab but moved to Canada in 1962.
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J. Nort Atkinson
- Occupations
- politicianAmerican football coachhead coach
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James Northrup Atkinson was an American football coach and politician. He was the first recorded head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1901 until 1902. His career coaching record at Ottawa was 12–5–2. Ottawa University football dates back to 1891, but the teams either played without a coach or no coaching records were kept.
