10 Notable alumni of
Susquehanna University
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Susquehanna University is 3354th in the world, 1159th in North America, and 1102nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Susquehanna 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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Camilla Luddington
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractormotion capture actingvoice actor
- Biography
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Camilla Anne Luddington is a British actress, best known for her role as Dr Josephine "Jo" Wilson in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy. She is also known for voicing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games, for which she provided the motion capture.
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John Strangfeld
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- chief executive officerentrepreneur
- Biography
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John R. Strangfeld is an American businessman. He is the former chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Prudential Financial.
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Roger Blough
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- 1904-1985 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Roger M. Blough was the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the United States Steel Corporation for 13½ years, from May 1955 through January 1969. In this position, he is best known for serving as the American steel industry's principal spokesman when the industry clashed in April 1962 with President John F. Kennedy on the issue of commodity steel prices.
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David T. Little
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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David T. Little is a Grammy-nominated American composer, record producer, and drummer known for his operatic, orchestral, and chamber works, most notably his operas JFK, Soldier Songs, and Dog Days which was named a standout opera of recent decades by The New York Times. He is the artistic director of Newspeak, an eight-piece amplified ensemble that explores the boundaries between rock and classical music, and is the Chair of the composition faculty at Mannes School of Music.
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Adam Harris
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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C. Adam Harris is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 82nd District. He was elected in 2002 and served until 2018.
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Benjamin K. Focht
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianeditorpublisher
- Biography
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Benjamin Kurtz Focht was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Dick Kauffman
- Occupations
- player of American footballbaseball player
- Biography
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Howard Richard Kauffman was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons, two of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Browns (1914–15). Kauffman, a first baseman, compiled a career major league batting average of.259 with 10 runs scored, 36 hits, nine doubles, two triples, and 16 runs batted in in 44 games played. His professional career began in 1911 with the minor league York White Roses. Kauffman's first major league season was 1914. He was again called-up in 1915. After that season, he played exclusively in the minor leagues. He has a career minor league batting average of.279 with 1,239 hits in 1,217 games played. In the minors, he played with the York White Roses (1911–12), Elmira Colonels (1913–14), Atlanta Crackers (1915, 1920–21), and Nashville Volunteers (1916–19). Before turning professional, Kauffman, an East Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, native, attended Bucknell University, and Susquehanna University, respectively.
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Paul Musser
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Paul Musser was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1912) and Boston Red Sox (1919). Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 175 lb., Musser batted and threw right-handed. A native of Millheim, Pennsylvania, he attended Susquehanna University.
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H. B. Galbraith
- Occupations
- American football coachhead coach
- Biography
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Humes Bradley Galbraith was an American college football coach. He served as the sixth head football coach at the University of Arizona, coaching for two seasons, 1908 and 1909, and compiling a record of 5–2.
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David Day
- Years
- 1854-1897 (aged 43)
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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David A. Day was an American Lutheran missionary who, under the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod, worked in Liberia from 1874 until shortly before his death in 1897.
