24 Notable alumni of
Southern Oregon University
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Southern Oregon University is 1695th in the world, 601st in North America, and 566th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Southern Oregon 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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Ty Burrell
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
- Biography
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Tyler Gerald Burrell is an American actor. Burrell is best known for his role as Phil Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011 and 2014, from eight consecutive nominations.
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D'Arcy Carden
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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D'Arcy Beth Carden is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her portraying Janet in the NBC sitcom The Good Place (2016–2020), for which she earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and Greta Gill in the Prime series A League of Their Own (2022). She also played Gemma in Broad City (2014–2019) and Natalie Greer in the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023).
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Joel David Moore
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- television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
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Joel David Moore is an American character actor and director. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Moore studied acting in college before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. His first major role was as Owen Dittman in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, followed by roles in the comedy Grandma's Boy (2006), Terry Zwigoff's Art School Confidential (2006), and the independent slasher film Hatchet (2006).
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Kim Rhodes
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
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Kim Rhodes is an American actress who is known for portraying Cindy Harrison on the soap operas Another World (1996–1999) and As the World Turns (2000–2001), Carey Martin on the Disney Channel sitcoms The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008) and The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011), and Sheriff Jody Mills on Supernatural (2010–2020).
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Todd Field
- Occupations
- film score composerfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm producer
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William Todd Field is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for directing In the Bedroom (2001), Little Children (2006), and Tár (2022), which were nominated for a combined fourteen Academy Awards. Field has personally received six Academy Award nominations for his films; two for Best Picture, two for Best Adapted Screenplay, one for Best Director, and one for Best Original Screenplay.
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Kyra Zagorsky
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Kyra Zagorsky is an American film and television actress. She has acted in the TV series Helix, the film The Pastor's Wife and season eight of the TV series Supernatural.
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Jennifer Murphy
- Occupations
- reality television participantbusinesspersonbeauty pageant contestant
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Jennifer Murphy is an American YouTube personality and former beauty pageant contestant.
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Aldrick Rosas
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Aldrick Rosas is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the 2018 season as a member of the New York Giants.
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Austin Vanderford
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- amateur wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Austin Vanderford is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the Middleweight division. He previously fought in Bellator MMA, where he contended for the Bellator Middleweight World Championship.
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Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Juan Carlos Romero Hicks is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party, and a Federal Senator since August 29, 2012. He was the Director General of the Mexican National Science and Technology Council (CONACyT) from 2006 to 2011. He served as Governor of Guanajuato from 2000 to 2006. From 1991 to 1999 he served as Chancellor of the University of Guanajuato.
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Mike Whitehead
- Occupations
- kickboxermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Michael Joe Whitehead is a former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight weight classes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, IFL, Affliction, and Strikeforce.
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Kelly Townsend
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kelly Townsend is an American author, childbirth educator and birth doula who was a Republican politician. She was a member of the Arizona Senate representing District 16 from 2021 to 2023, and previously was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021, acting as Majority Whip from 2017 to 2018.
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Charles Carreon
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Charles Hernan Carreon is an American trial attorney best known for his involvement in a legal dispute between The Oatmeal webcomic and content aggregator FunnyJunk. As of 2012, he represented individuals and companies in matters pertaining to Internet law.
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Rick Bartow
- Occupations
- paintersculptordrawer
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Richard Elmer "Rick" Bartow was a Native American artist and a member of the Mad River band of the Wiyot Tribe, who are indigenous to Humboldt County, California. He primarily created pastel, graphite, and mixed media drawings, wood sculpture, acrylic paintings, drypoint etchings, monotypes, and a small number of ceramic works.
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Harry Kloor
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm producerchemistphysicistfilm director
- Biography
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Harry 'Doc' Kloor is an American scientist, film producer, director, writer, and entrepreneur. Kloor was the first to be awarded two PhDs simultaneously in two distinct academic disciplines both earned at Purdue University. In recognition of this achievement, he was named ABC person of the week in August 1994.
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Jose Luis Romero Hicks
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- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
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José Luis Romero Hicks is a private legal, economic and financial consultant and managing partner of the law firm Romero Hicks & Galindo. He is also a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs.
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Steve M. Thompson
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Stephen Max "Steve" Thompson is a retired businessman and Republican politician from the US state of Alaska. He has been a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 2 in Fairbanks since 2011. He previously served as mayor of Fairbanks from 2001 to 2007.
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Agnes Baker Pilgrim
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- 1924-2019 (aged 95)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Agnes Emma Baker Pilgrim was a Native American spiritual elder from Grants Pass, Oregon. She was the oldest member of her tribe, the Takelma. She was also the granddaughter of Jack Harney, the first elected Chief of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. Pilgrim was Elected Chairperson of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers at its founding in 2004. "She was honored as a "Living Treasure" by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, and as a "Living Cultural Legend" by the Oregon Council of the Arts."
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Jason Atkinson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jason Atkinson is an American politician in the US state of Oregon. The Republican grew up in the Southern Oregon city of Ashland. He served as a senator in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2013. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oregon in 2006. He stated his intention to run in the 2010 Oregon gubernatorial election, but withdrew from the race in 2009.
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Pam Marsh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pam Marsh is an American Democratic politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 5th district, which covers southern Jackson County, including the city of Ashland.
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Sal Esquivel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sal Esquivel is an American businessman, real estate broker and politician from Oregon. Esquivel is a former Republican member of Oregon House of Representatives and senator.
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Kenneth B. Hobson
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Kenneth Burton Hobson was a general in the United States Air Force. He was also the former commander of the Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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Fred Kohler
- Years
- 1920-.. (age 104)
- Occupations
- philosopherinventor
- Biography
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Fred Kohler is a German-born American inventor, author, and lecturer. He wrote about the human species becoming a "societal organism" (his original terminology) or super organism (in the popular modern usage) as a further development in the human evolution of life.
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George Gilman
- Years
- Died in 2016
- Occupations
- politician
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George Gilman was a politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as the state representative for District 55 of the Oregon House of Representatives, the second largest House district in Oregon, from 2003 to 2011. A Republican, he served as vice-chair of the Transportation Committee as vice-chair and the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development.
