26 Notable alumni of
Seattle Pacific University
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Seattle Pacific University is 1630th in the world, 578th in North America, and 545th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Seattle Pacific 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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Jeff Probst
- Occupations
- film directortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jeff Probst is an American television presenter and producer and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning host of the U.S. version of the reality television show Survivor since 2000. He was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013.
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Dan Price
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Daniel Joseph Price is an American entrepreneur and social media personality. He is the co-founder and the former chief executive officer of credit card processing company Gravity Payments. He is the sole shareholder and board member of the company. He gained recognition in 2015 after he raised the minimum salary for employees of his company to $70,000 and lowered his own wage to $70,000 from $1.1 million. Price has been active on social media, especially Twitter, where his posts have been widely shared.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler
- Enrolled in Seattle Pacific University
- Studied in 1996-1998
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2023. The district is in southwestern Washington, lying across the Columbia River from Oregon's Portland metropolitan area. A Republican, Herrera Beutler previously served in the Washington House of Representatives. In 2010, she was elected to Congress, going on to be re-elected five times. She was eliminated in the 2022 blanket primary, finishing third, and was succeeded by Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
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Larry Wall
- Occupations
- engineercomputer scientistlinguistprogrammer
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Larry Arnold Wall is an American computer programmer, linguist and author. He is best known for creating the Perl programming language and the patch tool.
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Eugene H. Peterson
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherauthortranslatorBible translator
- Biography
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Eugene Hoiland Peterson was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Navpress Publishing Group, 2002), an idiomatic paraphrasing commentary and translation of the Bible into modern American English using a dynamic equivalence translation approach.
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SYML
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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SYML is the solo venture of Brian Leseney Fennell, who was previously part of the indie band Barcelona. SYML released his eponymous debut album on May 3, 2019, through Nettwerk Records.
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Marcus Hahnemann
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Marcus Stephen Hahnemann is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
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Jean Stothert
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Louise Stothert is an American politician and former nurse serving as the 51st mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. She is the first woman to hold the office and was sworn in as Mayor on June 10, 2013. She was re-elected on May 10, 2017, and May 11, 2021.
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Gayle Moran
- Occupations
- singermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Gayle Moran is an American vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter. She is from Spring Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Spring Arbor High School (now Spring Arbor University) in 1961. She was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the mid-1970s, appearing on Apocalypse (1974) and Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975).
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Jacob DeShazer
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Jacob Daniel DeShazer participated in the Doolittle Raid as a staff sergeant and later became a Christian missionary in Japan.
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Marissa Johnson
- Years
- 1990s
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Marissa Johnson is an activist who attained notoriety when she interrupted U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at an August 2015 rally in Seattle. Her activism has been associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. She is a founder of a Seattle-based justice group called Outside Agitators 206, which was disbanded when she became a cofounder of the Seattle chapter of Black Lives Matter around September 2015.
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Nikkita Oliver
- Enrolled in Seattle Pacific University
- In 2008 graduated with bachelor's degree in sociology
- Occupations
- lawyerpoetcommunity organizermusicianpolitician
- Biography
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Nikkita R. Oliver is an American lawyer, non-profit administrator, educator, poet, and politician. They were a candidate for Mayor of Seattle in the 2017 mayoral election, but finished third in the primary with 17% of the vote. Oliver was defeated again in an at-large Seattle city council race in 2021.
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William L. Lane
- Years
- 1931-1999 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- university teachertranslatorBible translatorJudaic scholarbiblical scholar
- Biography
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William L. Lane was an American New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies.
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Wesley Carl Uhlman
- Occupations
- mayorpolitician
- Biography
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Wesley Carl Uhlman is an American attorney and politician who served as the 47th mayor of Seattle, Washington.
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Lynne Roberts
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Lynne Renee Roberts is the women's basketball head coach at the University of Utah. She has also served as head coach at Chico State and Pacific.
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Doris Brown Heritage
- Occupations
- long-distance runnermiddle-distance runnermarathon runner
- Biography
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Doris Elaine Brown Heritage is a retired American runner. She won the International Cross Country Championships five times in a row, in 1967–1971. She collected silver medals in the 800 m at the Pan American Games in 1967 and 1971. She placed fifth in the event at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Brown Heritage briefly held the world record in the 3000 m in 1971. She was the first woman to clock a sub five-minute mile indoors. After retiring from competitions she had a long career as a running coach, and helped prepare the national women's team to the 1984 Summer Olympics. Brown Heritage was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, National Track Coaches Hall of Fame and National Distance Running Hall of Fame.
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Barbara Rosenthal
- Occupations
- writerdiaristtelevision producervisual artistphotographer
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Barbara Ann Rosenthal is an American avant-garde artist, writer and performer. Rosenthal's existential themes have contributed to contemporary art and philosophy. Rosenthal's pseudonyms are "Homo Futurus," which was taken from the title of one of her books, and "Cassandra-on-the-Hudson," which alludes to "the dangerous world she envisions" while creating art in her studio and residence on the Hudson River in Greenwich Village, NYC. Rosenthal successfully trademarked "Homo Futurus" in 2022.
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Conrad Lee
- Occupations
- stockbrokerengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Conrad Lee is the past mayor of Bellevue, Washington. He has served on the city council since 1994, and was elected mayor in 2012.
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Dan Ortiz
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- politicianschool teacher
- Biography
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Daniel H. Ortiz is a non affiliated member of the Alaska House of Representatives, who has since 2015 represented the 1st District. He is one of three non affiliated members in the Alaska State Legislature. However, he caucuses with the Democratic-led majority for purposes of committee assignments.
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Gaylord T. Gunhus
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Chaplain Gaylord Thomas "G.T." Gunhus (May 22, 1940 – May 27, 2016) was an American Army officer who, from 1999 to 2003, served as the 20th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. He is a 1962 Graduate of Seattle Pacific University where he was named Alumnus of the Year in the spring of 2001. He later graduated from the Lutheran Brethren Seminary in 1967 with a Masters of Divinity degree.
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Dave D'Errico
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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David D'Errico is an American soccer player who played as a defender. He spent eight years in the North American Soccer League (NASL), five in Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and one in the United Soccer League (USL). He won three MISL championships with the NY Arrows and earned 21 caps with the United States national team between 1974 and 1977, also captaining the team.
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Elizabeth Scott
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth K. Scott is an American politician and educator who served as member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 39th district from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she ran unsuccessfully for the state house in 2010 in the "heavily Democratic" 21st district, but since moved to the 39th district and was first elected to office there in 2012.
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Jeffrey Bullock
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in Seattle Pacific University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- academic administrator
- Biography
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Jeffrey Francis Bullock is an American academic administrator and the current president of the University of Dubuque, a Presbyterian college in Dubuque, Iowa. He is also an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University.
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Chrissy Hughes
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Christina "Chrissy" Hughes is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2007 JGP Harghita Cup and the 2007 JGP Sofia Cup gold medalist.
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Ricci Greenwood
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ricci Greenwood is a retired U.S. soccer player who played in Major League Soccer, USISL and the National Professional Soccer League.
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Ron Noble
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ron Noble is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 24th district, from 2017 to 2023.
