95 Notable alumni of
Portland State University
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Portland State University is 685th in the world, 254th in North America, and 234th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 95 notable alumni from Portland 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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Courtney Love
- Occupations
- film actorsongwriteractorcomposerrecording artist
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Courtney Michelle Love is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Love has drawn public attention for her uninhibited live performances and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. In 2020, NME named her one of the most influential singers in alternative culture of the last 30 years.
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Mark Dacascos
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- Thai boxerstunt performerkaratekaactortelevision actor
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Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor, martial artist, and television personality. A 4th-degree black belt in Wun Hop Kuen Do, he is known for his roles in action films, including as Louis Stevens in Only the Strong (1993), the title role in Crying Freeman (1995), Mani in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, the antagonist Ling in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Sharish in Nomad (2005), and as the assassin Zero in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).
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Holly Madison
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- television personalityreality television participantshowgirl
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Holly Madison is an American television personality, best known as a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and for her appearance in the reality television show The Girls Next Door. She also starred in her own reality series, Holly's World, which ran from 2009 to 2011. She has released two books, Down the Rabbit Hole in 2015, about her life in the Playboy Mansion and her relationship with Hefner, and The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention in 2016.
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Nancy Wilson
- Occupations
- composerrecord producersingerguitaristsinger-songwriter
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Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart.
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Sara Jean Underwood
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- erotic photography modelactortelevision actorfilm actormodel
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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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Travis Knight
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- animatorfilm directorfilm producer
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Travis Andrew Knight is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight, he has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2025). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and the upcoming Masters of the Universe (2026). Knight received three nominations for the Academy Awards.
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Kari Ann Peniche
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- modelbeauty pageant contestant
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Kari Ann Peniche Williams is an American actress and entertainer from Fairview, Oregon. She has held the Miss Oregon Teen USA and Miss United States Teen titles. She was stripped of the latter title after appearing nude in the November 2004 issue of Playboy.
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Bruce Abbott
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- film produceractorfilm actorstage actortelevision actor
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Bruce Paul Abbott is an American film, stage, and television actor. Originally beginning his career in theater, Abbott later gained notoriety for his role as Dan Cain in the cult sci-fi horror films Re-Animator (1985) and Bride of Re-Animator (1990).
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Andy Ngo
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- journalistwriter
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Andy Cuong Ngo is an American right-wing social media influencer, who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators. He is a journalist and editor-at-large for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news website, and a regular guest on Fox News. Ngo has published columns in the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal and authored a best-selling book on antifa.
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June Jones
- Occupations
- American football coachCanadian football playerAmerican football player
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June Sheldon Jones III is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Jones was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1999 to 2007, and was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2008 until he resigned on September 8, 2014. He coached in the National Football League (NFL) for three years as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1994 to 1996, plus a ten-game stint as interim head coach of the San Diego Chargers in 1998; he also spent 1+1⁄2 seasons as head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Jones was the general manager and head coach of the Houston Roughnecks.
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Peter Boghossian
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with Doctor of Education
- Occupations
- philosopherpedagogue
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Peter Gregory Boghossian is an American philosopher and college professor. Born in Boston, he was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists, and (with James A. Lindsay) of How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide.
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Julius Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball playerAmerican football player
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Julius Dewayne Thomas is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football and basketball at Portland State, and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL draft. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins.
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Larry Harvey
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Larry Harvey was an American artist, philanthropist and activist. He was the main co-founder of the Burning Man event, along with his friend Jerry James.
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Bill Plympton
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- In 1964 studied graphic design
- Occupations
- animatorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Bill Plympton is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award–nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's Guard Dog.
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Judy Shelton
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- economist
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Judy Lynn Shelton is a former American economic advisor to President Donald Trump in his first term. She is known for her advocacy for a return to the gold standard and for her criticisms of the Federal Reserve (which she has compared to the Soviet Union's economic planning). Trump announced on July 2, 2019, that he would nominate Shelton to the Fed. Her nomination stalled on November 17, 2020, with a 47–50 vote in the Senate, and her nomination was eventually withdrawn by President Joe Biden in February 2021.
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Aminé
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- songwritermusic video directorrappersinger
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Adam Aminé Daniel is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He first gained notability for his commercial debut single, "Caroline", which peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Aminé released his debut studio album Good for You, on July 28, 2017, and his second studio album, Limbo, on August 7, 2020.
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Dennis Heck
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Studied in 1974-1975
- Occupations
- businesspersonauthorpoliticianentrepreneurpundit
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Dennis Lynn Heck is an American politician serving as the 17th lieutenant governor of Washington, since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 10th congressional district from 2013 to 2021 and as a state representative from 1977 to 1985.
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Evan Jager
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- athletics competitorlong-distance runnersteeplechase runner
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Evan Reese Jager is an American middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his speciality event, he won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze at the 2017 World Championships. Jager is the current NACAC area record holder in the event with a time of 8:00.45. He is sponsored by Nike and is coached by Jerry Schumacher of the Bowerman Track Club.
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Kambiz Hosseini
- Occupations
- actorpodcasterjournalistcomedianplaywright
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Kambiz Hosseini (Persian: کامبیز حسینی, born 1 August 1975 in Tehran is an Iranian political satirist, actor, television host, and radio host. He is the host of Paradox, a Podcast series that airs on Radio Farda. He was the host of Poletik, a satirical news program that airs on Radio Farda, as well as weekly podcast on human rights in Iran, Five in the Afternoon. He created and hosted the successful and critically acclaimed TV show Parazit on Voice of America from 2009-2012.
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Mike Richardson
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- film producerscreenwriterwriterbasketball playerpublisher
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Mike Richardson is an American publisher, writer, and producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics, an international publishing house located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Richardson is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment, which has developed and produced numerous projects for film and television based on Dark Horse properties or licensed properties.
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Charles Moose
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- writermilitary officer
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Charles Alexander Moose was an American author and police officer. He was the primary official in charge of efforts to apprehend the D.C. snipers in October 2002. During his law enforcement career, Moose served as the chief of police for Montgomery County, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon.
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Anas Khalid Al Saleh
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- politician
- Biography
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Anas Khalid Al Saleh is a Kuwaiti businessman and politician. He held the positions of deputy prime minister, minister of interior, and minister of cabinet affairs from 2019 to 2021. Prior to these roles, he served as minister of finance from January 2014 until December 2017 and as minister of commerce and industry from February 2012 to January 2014.
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Barbara Roberts
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- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Kay Roberts is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She was the first woman elected to serve as Oregon governor, and the only woman elected to that office until 2016. A Democrat, Roberts was also the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Oregon House of Representatives. She also won two terms as Oregon Secretary of State, and served in local and county government in Portland. Roberts was married to Oregon state Sen. Frank L. Roberts from 1974 until his death in 1993. From February 2011 until January 2013, she served on the council of Metro, the regional government in the Portland metropolitan area.
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Haley Heynderickx
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- singer-songwriterguitarist
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Haley Hannah Heynderickx is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. In 2016, she released her debut EP, Fish Eyes. Her first full-length album, I Need to Start a Garden, was released in March 2018 on Mama Bird Recording Co. Seed of a Seed, her second album, was released in November 2024 on the same label.
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Freeman Williams
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Freeman Williams Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Portland State Vikings, where he was a two-time All-American and twice led the nation in scoring. He began his NBA career playing 2+1⁄2 years with the San Diego Clippers, and also had stints with the Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz and Washington Bullets.
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Julienne Bušić
- Occupations
- translatorwriter
- Biography
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Julienne Bušić is an American writer, activist, and the widow and co-conspirator of Zvonko Bušić. She was arrested with Bušić in 1976 after hijacking TWA Flight 355 and sentenced to life in prison, with early parole.
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Bobby Singh
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- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
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Bobby Singh is a retired professional American and Canadian football guard. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the 1999 CFL Draft. Singh has the distinction of being the only player in football history to have won an XFL Championship, a Super Bowl, and a Grey Cup.
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Patrick Onwuasor
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Patrick Onwuasor, nicknamed "Peanut", is a former American football outside linebacker. He played college football at Portland State and signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
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Jamie Malonzo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jamie James Malonzo Orme is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Katie Harman
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- actorsingeropera singermodelbeauty pageant contestant
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Katie Marie Harman Ebner is an American classical vocalist and actress who won the Miss America 2002 and Miss Oregon 2001 pageants. She is the first and only contestant from the Pacific Northwestern United States to hold the title of Miss America.
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Richard Pimentel
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Richard Keith Pimentel is an American disability rights advocate, trainer, and speaker who was a strong advocate for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He developed training materials aimed to help employers integrate persons with disabilities into the workplace.
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Cleopas Dlamini
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with master's degree in economics
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Cleopas Sipho Dlamini is a Liswati business executive who served as the prime minister of Eswatini from 2021 to 2023.
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Susan Eggman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Susan Talamantes Eggman is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 5th Senate district, which encompasses western San Joaquin County; from January 19, 2022, she served as Assistant Majority Leader.
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Isaiah Pineiro
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Isaiah Piñeiro is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Puerto Rican national team. Standing at a height of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and power forward positions.
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James Cassidy
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- musician
- Biography
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James Cassidy is an American musician and educator who is one of the founding members of the band Information Society. He played bass and keyboards with the band from its beginning in the early 1980s until 1992, when the group released its final album as a trio, Peace & Love, Inc.
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Tom Trebelhorn
- Occupations
- baseball manager
- Biography
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Thomas Lynn Trebelhorn is an American former manager in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers (1986–91) and Chicago Cubs (1994). He was the manager of the Class A Salem-Keizer Volcanoes from 2008 to 2012.
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Mitchell S. Jackson
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- writer
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Mitchell S. Jackson is an American writer. He is the author of the 2013 novel The Residue Years, as well as Oversoul, an ebook collection of essays and short stories. Jackson is a Whiting Award recipient and a former winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. In 2021, while an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Chicago, he won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for his profile of Ahmaud Arbery for Runner's World. As of 2021, Jackson is the John O. Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University.
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Walter Capps
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- professorpoliticianpeace activist
- Biography
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Walter Holden Capps was an American academic and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 22nd congressional district from January 1997 until his death nine months later.
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Lakshmi Pratury
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Lakshmi Pratury is an entrepreneur, curator, and speaker. She is the founder and CEO of INK. She also is the host and curator of live events and inktalks.com.
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Ron Packard
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Studied in 1952-1953
- Occupations
- dentistpolitician
- Biography
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Ronald C. Packard is an American retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.
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Margaret Carter
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- In 1972 graduated with bachelor's degree in education
- Occupations
- directorpoliticiancivil rights advocateteaching assistantmental health counselor
- Biography
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Margaret Louise Carter is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives until 1999, and then in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2009. She served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Vice Chair for Ways and Means, and as a member of both the Health and Human Services and Oregon State Hospital Patient Care committees. She announced her resignation from the Senate effective August 31, 2009, and took a post as Deputy Director for Human Services Programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services. In 2015, she was reportedly considering a return to the senate.
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Mel Brown
- Occupations
- drummerbusiness executivejazz musicianperforming artistcommittee member
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Mel Brown is an American jazz drummer, and one of the most prominent jazz musicians in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Jack Ohman
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- journalisteditorial cartoonist
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Jack Ohman is an American editorial cartoonist and educator. He is currently a contributing opinion columnist and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He formerly worked for The Sacramento Bee and The Oregonian. His work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services. In 2016, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
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Thomas Talbott
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Thomas Talbott is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon. He is best known for his advocacy of trinitarian universalism.
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Ashley Gjøvik
- Years
- 1986-.. (age 39)
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- 2006-2012 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies
- Occupations
- program manager
- Biography
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Ashley Gjøvik is an American program manager and activist who is known for her labor complaints against Apple Inc. Gjøvik was terminated in 2021 by Apple for allegedly leaking confidential intellectual property, which she denied. Gjøvik alleged her firing was retaliation for speaking out against the company.
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Anna J. Brown
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Anna Jaeger Brown is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
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Scott Morrison
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Scott Morrison, nicknamed "Scomo", is a Canadian former professional basketball player who last played for Ryukyu Golden Kings of the B.League. Morrison played the center position.
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Rebecca Anderson
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Rebecca Anderson is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Oregon City, Oregon. She won a series of local titles beginning in 2011 and was crowned Miss Oregon 2014.
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Vasilikí Katrivánou
- Occupations
- psychologistpolitician
- Biography
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Vasiliki Koutrivanou is a Greek psychotherapist, politician and former member of SYRIZA. She studied Psychology and Conflict Resolution at the University of Portland and Law at the University of Athens. She speaks English and French.
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Troy DeVries
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Troy Anthony DeVries is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Portland State and New Mexico.
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Betty Roberts
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Betty Cantrell Roberts was an American politician and judge from the U.S. state of Oregon. She was the 83rd justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She was the first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals. Roberts served from 1982 to 1986 on the high court and from 1977 to 1982 on the Court of Appeals.
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Darren Kimura
- Occupations
- businesspersonengineer
- Biography
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Darren T. Kimura is an American businessman, inventor, and investor. He is best known as the inventor of micro concentrated solar power (CSP) technology known as MicroCSP.
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Rob Wagner
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Arnold Wagner is an American Democratic politician currently serving as President of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 19th district, which includes the cities of Durham, Lake Oswego, Rivergrove, Tualatin, West Linn, parts of southwest Portland and Tigard, as well as unincorporated parts of southwestern Clackamas County, eastern Washington County, and southern Multnomah County.
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Bree Schaaf
- Occupations
- bobsleddersports commentatorskeleton racersports journalist
- Biography
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Bree Schaaf is an American skeleton racer who competed from 2002 to 2007, then switched over to bobsled as a pilot from 2007 to 2014. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was sixth at Calgary in November 2006.
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Paul Schrieber
- Occupations
- baseball umpire
- Biography
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Paul Warren Schrieber was an American professional baseball umpire, who worked in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2015. His first game was on June 6, 1997. He wore uniform number 43. He umpired the MLB All-Star Game in 2000 and 2015 and the Division Series in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2014.
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Terry Robb
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Terry Robb is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist, composer, arranger and record producer living in the United States. He plays electric and acoustic guitar, and is associated with the American Primitive Guitar genre through his collaboration with steel string guitarist John Fahey. He is a member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame, and was honored with the eponymous "Terry Robb" Muddy Award for Best Acoustic Guitar in 2011. His original compositions draw on the Delta blues, ragtime, folk music, country music and jazz traditions.
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Makenzie Lystrup
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Biography
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Makenzie Lystrup is an American planetary scientist and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of SPIE, best known as a prominent voice in civil space projects and science policy. Lystrup is the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center. She has previously served as the vice president and general manager for civil space at Ball Aerospace.
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David Lesperance
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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David A. Lesperance is a retired United States Army major general who last served as the director of operations of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea from June 2023 to July 2024. He most recently served as commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division from May 18, 2021, to May 15, 2023. Prior to that, he served as commanding general of the Fort Irwin National Training Center from September 2019 to April 2021.
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Bruce Starr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father, Senator Charles Starr, and they became the first father and son to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate.
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Salauddin Ahmed
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Salauddin Ahmed is a contemporary Bangladeshi architect. His projects included the Karim Residence in Bashundhara. He is the lead architect at Atelier Robin Architects that he founded in 2001.
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Khalil Bass
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Khalil Bass is a former gridiron football linebacker. He was previously a player in the Canadian Football League, where he made his debut with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2015, and also played for the Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts where he won the 105th Grey Cup. He also played for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football (AAF).
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Elizabeth LaPensée
- Occupations
- comics writergame designervisual artist
- Biography
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Elizabeth LaPensée is a game designer and games researcher. She is currently the Narrative Director at Twin Suns Corp, a Seattle-based AAA studio. She has previously worked as an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University. She studies and creates video games, interactive digital media, animation, visual art, and comics to express Indigenous ways of knowing.
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Avel Gordly
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- writerpoliticiancivil servant
- Biography
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Avel Louise Gordly is an activist, community organizer, and former politician in the U.S. state of Oregon, who in 1996 became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate. She served in the Senate from 1997 to 2009. Previously, she served for five years in the Oregon House of Representatives.
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Jeb Ivey
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeb Ivey is an American former professional basketball player. He won the Icelandic championship twice, with Njarðvík in 2006, and with Snæfell in 2010. He also won the Finnish championship twice with Nilan Bisons Loimaa in 2012 and 2013 where he was named the Korisliiga Finals MVP both times.
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Rod Monroe
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Rod Monroe is a Canadian-born American politician who served in the Oregon Senate, representing District 24 in the middle part of Multnomah County, which includes most of eastern Portland and the city of Happy Valley.
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Ken Butler
- Occupations
- artistmusical instrument maker
- Biography
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Kenneth Lee Butler is an American artist and musician, as well as an experimental musical instrument builder. His Hybrid musical instruments and other artworks explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence. The idea of bricolage, essentially using whatever is "at hand", is at the center of his art, encompassing a wide range of practice that combines live music, instrument design, performance art, theater, sculpture, installation, photography, film/video, graphic design, drawing, and collage.
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Musse Olol
- Born in
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Somalia - Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Musse Olol, also known as Muse A. Olol Diinle, is a Somali-American engineer and social activist. He is the Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO).
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Teresa Alonso Leon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Teresa Alonso Leon is an American Democratic politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for three terms from 2017 to 2023. She represented the 22nd district, which covers parts of Marion County along Interstate 5, from Woodburn down to northern Salem.
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damali ayo
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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damali ayo is an American conceptual artist, performance artist, and author. She created conceptual art from 1997 to 2017. She is of African-American, English, Italian, and Native American descent. She prefers her name in lower case. Her art used a range of mediums, including assemblage, collage, installation, audio, video, photography, new genres, writing, speaking, and performance.
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Eric Gunderson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Eric Andrew Gunderson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1990–1992 and 1994–2000. He attended college at Portland State University.
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Nancy A. Norton
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Nancy Ann Norton is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who previously served as the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Prior to that, as a flag officer she served as vice director of the same agency.
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Sho Dozono
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Sho Dozono is a Japanese-American businessman and former political candidate from Portland, Oregon. He was a candidate in the 2008 Portland mayoral race. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams was the front runner throughout the race. Dozono, who would have faced Adams again in November if neither candidate had cleared 50%, lost to him in the primary when Adams won 58% of the vote.
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Randy Leonard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles Randall ‘Randy’ Leonard is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2002 and served as a city commissioner in Portland (a member of the Portland City Council) from 2002 through 2012.
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Tasneem Alsultan
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Tasneem Alsultan is a Saudi-American photographer, artist and speaker. Covering stories primarily for The New York Times and National Geographic, she is known for her work on gender and social issues in Saudi Arabia and the region. Alsultan is the first Arab woman to become a Canon ambassador.
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Chip Shields
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William "Chip" Shields is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate from September 2009 until 2017. He had previously represented District 43 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2004 until his appointment to replace Margaret Carter to represent Senate District 22.
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Jill A. Mikucki
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- microbiologist
- Biography
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Jill Ann Mikucki is an American microbiologist, educator and Antarctic researcher, best known for her work at Blood Falls demonstrating that microbes can grow below ice in the absence of sunlight. She is a leader of international teams studying ecosystems under the ice.
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Joseph LeBaron
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Joseph Evan LeBaron is the former United States ambassador to the State of Qatar (July 18, 2008 – July 29, 2011) and to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (September 1, 2003 – November 22, 2007).
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Chris Gorsek
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chris Gorsek is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate representing District 25 since January 11, 2021.
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Paul De Muniz
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Paul J. De Muniz is a retired American judge in the state of Oregon. He is the first Hispanic Chief Justice in the history of the Oregon Supreme Court. He was elected to the court in 2000, and elected as chief justice in 2006. He won re-election in May 2006 for another six-year term on the state's highest court. De Muniz previously served on the Oregon Court of Appeals for ten years.
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Chet Bowers
- Occupations
- writerenvironmentalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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C. A. Bowers (June 4, 1935 – July 13, 2017) was an American educator, author, lecturer and environmental activist. He wrote 27 books that focus on the cultural, linguistic, and technological roots of the current ecological crisis as well as the educational reforms necessary to promote greater ecological awareness.
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Roberta Rudnick
- Enrolled in Portland State University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in earth science
- Occupations
- geologist
- Biography
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Roberta L. Rudnick is an American earth scientist and professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and was awarded the Dana Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. Rudnick is a world expert in the continental crust and lithosphere.
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Nancy Ryles
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy Ann Ryles was an Oregon politician. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives, the Oregon Senate and as one of three members of the state's Public Utility Commission. She was known as an advocate for education and for equality for women and minorities. An elementary school in Beaverton is named after her.
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Jeff Barker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeff Barker is an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, for the 28th district from 2003 until his retirement in 2021.
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Joe Gallegos
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Gallegos is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 30 from 2013 until 2017.
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Deborah Boone
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Deborah Boone is an American politician from the state of Oregon. She served as a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, where she represented District 32. Her time in office began with her appointment on August 4, 2004, to serve out the remaining term of Representative Elaine Hopson. Boone won election in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016. She was succeeded by Representative Tiffiny Mitchell, who was elected in 2018 and took office in 2019.
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Rick Bauman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard H. "Rick" Bauman is a former American Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in the 1980s. He was also the Democratic nominee for United States Senator from Oregon in 1986. After retiring from politics in 1992, Bauman began organizing bicycle tours and was a founder of Portland Bridge Pedal, an annual bicycle tour crossing all the bridges in Portland.
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Franco Laguna Correa
- Occupations
- activistmusicianwriterintellectualresearcher
- Biography
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Franco Laguna Correa is an ethnographer and writer, also known for his heteronyms "Francisco Laguna-Correa," "Dr. Crank," "Crank," "Sardine," "f.l Crank," "Gaetano Fonseca" and "Mehmet Amazigh." He has been included by literary critics in the so-called "New Latino Boom," a literary movement that features 21st-century Latin American fiction authors writing in Spanish in the United States. He has contributted to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature with the essay "Brown/Brownness/Mestizaje".
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Albert Bauer
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Bauer was an American politician in the American state of Washington.
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Michael E. Stencel
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Biography
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Michael E. Stencel was the 31st Adjutant General of the Oregon National Guard. As a Major General, he commanded over 8,100 soldiers and airmen. He is a command pilot with over 1,900 hours flying training and fighter aircraft.
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Seth McBride
- Occupations
- athletewheelchair rugby player
- Biography
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Seth McBride is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and five-time gold medalist from Seattle, Washington.
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James R. Floyd
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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James R. Floyd was the chief executive of the Muscogee Nation located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Floyd won 2,964 votes constituting 62% of the votes in the 2015 general elections, which took place on November 2, 2015, to beat incumbent Chief George Tiger. On January 2, 2016, Floyd was sworn in as Muscogee (Creek) Nation principal chief by MCN Supreme Court Chief Justice Andrew Adams III during an inauguration ceremony at the Mvskoke Dome in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. His term officially began on January 4, 2016.
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Tony Kuepfer
- Occupations
- glass artistmuseum professional
- Biography
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Tony Kuepfer is an American-New Zealand glass artist.
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Brett Eichenberger
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Brett Eichenberger is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films Light of Mine, By God's Grace and Pretty Broken.
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Richard Devlin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Devlin is an American politician who served in the Oregon State Senate from 2003 to 2018, representing the 19th Senate district.
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Nick Kahl
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicholas Kahl is an attorney and Democratic politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. He is a practicing lawyer in Portland, Oregon.
