16 Notable alumni of
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
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The Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is 1986th in the world, 688th in North America, and 648th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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David Batra
- Occupations
- comedianactorscreenwriter
- Biography
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David Chandra Batra is a Swedish stand-up comedian and TV actor. He was born in Lund to an Indian father and a Swedish mother.
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Matt Adams
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew James Adams is an American professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. Nicknamed "Big City" for his imposing size and ability to regularly hit long home runs, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Adams in the 23rd round of the 2009 MLB draft from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, and Colorado Rockies.
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C. Vivian Stringer
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Charlaine Vivian Stringer is an American former basketball coach. She holds one of the best coaching records in the history of women's basketball. She was the head coach of the Rutgers University women's basketball team from 1995 until her retirement in 2022.
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Richard Schweiker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. He previously served as a U.S. Representative (1961–1969) and a U.S. Senator (1969–1981) from Pennsylvania. In 1976, Schweiker was Reagan's running mate during his unsuccessful presidential campaign.
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Lou Trivino
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Louis Albert Trivino is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB draft, and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut for them in 2018.
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Brandon Fusco
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brandon Fusco is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the 172nd overall pick in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
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Victoria Clarke
- Occupations
- communications consultant
- Biography
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Victoria "Torie" Clarke is an American communications consultant who has served in several private sector positions and in three Republican presidential administrations, most notably as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under Donald Rumsfeld.
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Lawrence Reed
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Lawrence "Larry" W. Reed, also known as Larry Reed, is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), where he has served as the Humphreys Family Senior Fellow since May 2019. Before joining FEE, Reed served as president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Michigan-based free-market think tank. To date, he remains Mackinac's president emeritus.
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Joseph Gallian
- Enrolled in the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- In 1966 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Joseph A. Gallian is an American mathematician, the Morse Alumni Distinguished University Professor of Teaching in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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Stanley Dziedzic
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Stanley Joseph Dziedzic, Jr. is an American former welterweight freestyle wrestler.
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Cheryl Bailey
- Occupations
- sports executive
- Biography
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Cheryl Bailey is the former executive director of the National Women's Soccer League. She formerly served as general manager of the United States women's national soccer team from 2007 to 2011.
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M. Richard Rose
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- academic
- Biography
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Merle Richard Rose was an American academic. He was the tenth president of Alfred University from 1974 until 1978, when he left to become the seventh president of the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1979 until 1992.
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Tom Foerster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas J. Foerster was an American Democratic politician. Foerster held a variety of political positions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was seen as one of the last "machine" politicians from the area.
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Stephen Bolles
- Occupations
- politicianeditorpublisher
- Biography
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Stephen Bolles was an American politician, a newspaper editor, and a congressman from Wisconsin, serving one term in office from 1939 to 1941.
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Al Jacks
- Years
- Died in 2023
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football coach
- Biography
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Albert Anderson "Jumbo" Jacks was an American professor and college football coach. He played as a quarterback at Penn State University from 1956 to 1958. Jacks spent 19 years as the head football coach at Clarion State College from 1963 to 1981. He very briefly held the same position at Williams College. Jacks is the winningest Clarion football coach by winning percentage. He was also an associate professor of health and physical education at Clarion from 1963 to 1996.
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Keith M. Givens
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Keith M. Givens is a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General who served as the 17th Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), Quantico, Virginia. As the AFOSI Commander, Givens oversaw AFOSI's worldwide network of over 2,000 military and civilian special agents and over 500 unsworn members stationed at major Air Force installations and a variety of worldwide special operating locations.
